NCT06337045

Atrial Fibrillation, Prevention and Rehabilitation

Atrial Fibrillation and Municipality-based Prevention and Rehabilitation - a Feasibility Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Odense University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Evidence shows that people with atrial fibrillation (AF) can benefit from prevention and rehabilitation interventions related to quality of life, lowered anxiety, etc. In this study, a complex prevention and rehabilitation intervention for people with AF was carried out in a Health Center at a Danish municipality in cooperation with the cardiology department at Svendborg Hospital. The study was designed as a feasibility study, with data gathered systematically including focus group interviews and quantitative patient reported outcomes. People with AF were included at the hospital. Eligible participants were offered intervention in the Health Center. Interventions, in accordance with present international guidelines, consisted of physical exercise, patient education, psychosocial support and consultations with health professionals as well as risk factor management. Also, medicinal yoga (MediYoga) were chosen to be part of the intervention due to promising research results within AF. All interventions were optional and based on needs assessment and preferences. The primary objective was to investigate the feasibility of delivering a complex prevention and rehabilitation intervention for people with AF in a municipal Health Center. There were the following four secondary objectives: 1. To explore the participant's experiences of participating in the municipality-based complex prevention and rehabilitation intervention. 2. To explore the participant's needs and preferences of the interventions. 3. To explore changes in HRQoL, anxiety and depression. 4. To explore the feasibility of collecting patient reported outcome measures as part of the intervention. The hypothesis was that the complex prevention and rehabilitation intervention was feasible in a municipality-based set-up, and was well received by people with AF and may contribute to better outcomes in terms of HRQoL, anxiety and depression.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation
• Prevention
• Rehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Complex prevention and rehabilitation intervention	The complex intervention started and ended with individual consultations with health professionals and furthermore included physical exercise, smoking cessation, alcohol treatment, dietary interventions, AF specific patient education, MediYoga, and/or psychosocial support.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-01
• Primary completion: 2020-06-30
• Completion: 2020-06-30
• First posted: 2024-03-29
• Last updated: 2024-03-29

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Denmark