NCT05333445

NURSE-led Follow-up in Patients Undergoing CATheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Assessing the Nurse-led Educational Intervention in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Clinic of Barcelona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study aims to examine the effect of nurse-led education program on quality of life, atrial fibrillation (AF) risk factors, AF symptomatology, arrhythmia recurrence rate, and readmission rate after AF catheter ablation.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	educational program	Education for the management of AF is carried out in a structured way, following the Bowyer model using the following pre-specified subtitles: "How the heart works"; "Causes and risk factors of AF"; "Symptoms of AF";"" Goals of treatment in atrial fibrillation ""; ''preparation for the ablation procedure''; and "Lifestyle Modification". The technique consists of discussing the main subtitles and adapting the visit line to the needs of each patient
BEHAVIORAL	risk factors management	identify risk factors and offer guidance based on management strategies for the specific risk factor in each case
BEHAVIORAL	telephone and e-mail contact	patients will also be provided with a phone number and email to contact the nurse for any concerns outside the designated times within the twelve-month follow-up.
OTHER	usual care	standard care

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-15
• Primary completion: 2024-03-01
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2022-04-19
• Last updated: 2025-03-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain