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Cardiovascular DiseasesNCT04017663

Publicly Versus Privately-Funded Cardiac Rehabilitation

An observational study of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiovascular Risk Factor, run by Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho at 1 site in Brazil.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

This is an observational cross-sectional study designed to investigate the barriers encountered by patients after admission to a public and private PRC and to correlate the barriers with the population profile. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
What is being tested?
Application of questionnaires
How many people
174 participants
Where
1 siteBrazil
Study dates
4 Jun 2018to 20 Jan 2019
How long will I take part?
1 Day
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: To participate in this study, patients were recruited for convenience of two CRPs offered in the city of Presidente Prudente - SP, one linked to the private service offered by the Heart Institute (INCOR) and another public in the Cardiology Sector of the Center for Studies and Attendance in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation - CEAFiR of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, State University of São Paulo, Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCT-UNESP).

Who may be able to join

  • As eligibility criteria, patients over 18 years of age, regardless of sex, diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases or referred for risk factor prevention and who had attended CRP for at least 3 months, regardless of the frequency percentage, were considered.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who were not found after three visits to the programs for evaluation were excluded from the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Brazil1 site
  • Unesp

    Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, 19060-900

Other trials in Brazil

About this study

Official title: Publicly Versus Privately-Funded Cardiac Rehabilitation: Access and Adherence Barriers

This is an observational cross-sectional study designed to investigate the barriers encountered by patients after admission to a public and private PRC and to correlate the barriers with the population profile.

To participate in this study, patients were recruited for convenience of two CRPs offered in the city of Presidente Prudente - SP, one linked to the private service offered by the Heart Institute (INCOR) and another public in the Cardiology Sector of the Center for Studies and Attendance in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation - CEAFiR of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, State University of São Paulo, Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCT-UNESP).

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As eligibility criteria, patients over 18 years of age, regardless of sex, diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases or referred for risk factor prevention and who had attended CRP for at least 3 months, regardless of the frequency percentage, were considered. Patients who were not found after three visits to the programs for evaluation were excluded from the study.

After the initial invitation and evaluation of the eligibility criteria, the participants were informed about the procedures and objectives of the study, and after agreeing, they signed the informed consent form. The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of FCT-UNESP under CAAE number: 88504718.0.0000.5402.

For this, in only one meeting, an initial evaluation was made in order to identify and characterize the patients. Four questionnaires were then applied: the Brazilian Association of Research Companies (ABEP) Questionnaire for the evaluation of socioeconomic level, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Barrier Scale for Cardiac Rehabilitation (EBRC).

Barriers were considered as the primary end point and correlations with the population profile as secondary outcomes.

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This is an observational cross-sectional study designed to investigate the barriers encountered by patients after admission to a public and private PRC and to correlate the barriers with the population profile.

To participate in this study, patients were recruited for convenience of two CRPs offered in the city of Presidente Prudente - SP, one linked to the private service offered by the Heart Institute (INCOR) and another public in the Cardiology Sector of the Center for Studies and Attendance in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation - CEAFiR of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology, State University of São Paulo, Júlio de Mesquita Filho (FCT-UNESP).

As eligibility criteria, patients over 18 years of age, regardless of sex, diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases or referred for risk factor prevention and who had attended CRP for at least 3 months, regardless of the frequency percentage, were considered. Patients who were not found after three visits to the programs for evaluation were excluded from the study.

After the initial invitation and evaluation of the eligibility criteria, the participants were informed about the procedures and objectives of the study, and after agreeing, they signed the informed consent form. The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of FCT-UNESP under CAAE number: 88504718.0.0000.5402.

For this, in only one meeting, an initial evaluation was made in order to identify and characterize the patients. Four questionnaires were then applied: the Brazilian Association of Research Companies (ABEP) Questionnaire for the evaluation of socioeconomic level, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Barrier Scale for Cardiac Rehabilitation (EBRC).

Regarding the initial evaluation, the patients were asked about their age, weight and height to obtain the body mass index (BMI) 23, occupation, schooling, city where they currently reside, clinical diagnosis and time of rehabilitation treatment.

In addition, socioeconomic level, cognitive status and level of anxiety and depression were evaluated, which together with the information obtained in the initial evaluation provided the population profile.

In relation to the questionnaires, the questionnaire of the Brazilian Association of Companies and Research (ABEP) was used to analyze the socioeconomic level, which includes the level of schooling, and includes questions about family income, possession of public items and services offered in its residence. The sum of the points can result in a value between zero and one hundred points and the higher the score obtained in the questionnaire the greater the economic power of the patient. From the obtained score, the questionnaire allows the classification of the individual in classes A (average family income of R $ 20,888), B1 (average family income of R $ 9,254), B2 (average family income of R $ 4,852), C1 average family income of R $ 2,705), C2 (average family income of R $ 1,625), D and E (average family income of R $ 3,130), with A for a score higher than 45 and E, a score lower than 16.

The Mental State Mini Exam (MMSE) was used to assess cognitive status. The test is subdivided into two sections, the first one evaluates the orientation, memory and attention and in the second, the ability to appoint, from obedience to a verbal and written command, free writing of a sentence and copy of a complex drawing ( polygons). The higher the score obtained in the test, the better the patient's cognitive status, also considering the level of education (cutoff points: 20 points for illiterates, 25 points for individuals with 1 to 4 years of study, 26.5 points for individuals with 5 to 8 years of study, 28 points for individuals with 9 to 11 years of study, 29 points for individuals with more than 11 years of study).

To quantify the level of anxiety and depression, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was applied. This scale presents seven affirmations for classifying anxiety and seven for depression, which present four options of responses ranging from zero to three points, which generates two scores, one for anxiety and another for depression. The classification is distributed between unlikely anxiety disorder or depression (0 to 7 points), possible disorder (8 to 11 points) and probable disorder (12 to 21 points).

Barriers were evaluated through the Barrier Scale for Cardiac Rehabilitation (EBRC), which is composed of twenty-one items that are scored using a Likert scale, which varies from one to five. This scale can be analyzed by the mean score of all items or divided into five subscales: comorbidities / functional status (B1: items 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 21), perceived needs (B2: items 3 (B3: items 4, 7 and 18), travel / work conflicts (B4: items 10 and 12) and access (B5: items 1, 2, 19 and 20) 13. The higher the result of the averages, the greater the number of barriers found.

Barriers were considered as the primary end point and correlations with the population profile as secondary outcomes.

Being tested
Application of questionnaires
Keywords
Rehabilitation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Treatment Adherence and Compliance, Patient Compliance
Medical subject headings
Cardiovascular Diseases, Treatment Adherence and Compliance, Patient Compliance

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Application of questionnairesOther

    Application of questionnaires to identify characteristics and main barriers of patients

Study groups in NCT04017663
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Public grouppatients who performed cardiovascular rehabilitation in a public center
Receives: Other: Application of questionnaires
Private grouppatients who performed cardiovascular rehabilitation in a private center
Receives: Other: Application of questionnaires

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Barriers

    Barriers were evaluated through the Barrier Scale for Cardiac Rehabilitation (EBRC), which is composed of twenty-one items that are scored using a Likert scale, which varies from one to five. This scale can be analyzed by the mean score of all items or divided into five subscales: comorbidities / functional status (B1: items 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 21), perceived needs (B2: items 3 (B3: items 4, 7 and 18), travel / work conflicts (B4: items 10 and 12) and access (B5: items 1, 2, 19 and 20) 13. The higher the result of the averages, the greater the number of barriers found.

    Measured: In the first 1 day of avaliation

  2. Socieconomic level

    In relation to the questionnaires, the questionnaire of the Brazilian Association of Companies and Research (ABEP) was used to analyze the socioeconomic level, which includes the level of schooling, and includes questions about family income, possession of public items and services offered in its residence. The sum of the points can result in a value between zero and one hundred points and the higher the score obtained in the questionnaire the greater the economic power of the patient. From the obtained score, the questionnaire allows the classification of the individual in classes A (average family income of R $ 20,888), B1 (average family income of R $ 9,254), B2 (average family income of R $ 4,852), C1 average family income of R $ 2,705), C2 (average family income of R $ 1,625), D and E (average family income of R $ 3,130), with A for a score higher than 45 and E, a score lower than 16.

    Measured: In the first 1 day of avaliation

  3. Cognitive Status

    The Mental State Mini Exam (MMSE) was used to assess cognitive status. The test is subdivided into two sections, the first one evaluates the orientation, memory and attention and in the second, the ability to appoint, from obedience to a verbal and written command, free writing of a sentence and copy of a complex drawing ( polygons). The higher the score obtained in the test, the better the patient's cognitive status, also considering the level of education (cutoff points: 20 points for illiterates, 25 points for individuals with 1 to 4 years of study, 26.5 points for individuals with 5 to 8 years of study, 28 points for individuals with 9 to 11 years of study, 29 points for individuals with more than 11 years of study).

    Measured: In the first 1 day of avaliation

  4. Anxiety and depression level

    To quantify the level of anxiety and depression, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was applied. This scale presents seven affirmations for classifying anxiety and seven for depression, which present four options of responses ranging from zero to three points, which generates two scores, one for anxiety and another for depression. The classification is distributed between unlikely anxiety disorder or depression (0 to 7 points), possible disorder (8 to 11 points) and probable disorder (12 to 21 points).

    Measured: In the first 1 day of avaliation

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted12 Jul 2019
  2. Study start4 Jun 2018
  3. Primary completion10 Aug 2018
  4. Study completion20 Jan 2019

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrolment
174 participants (actual)
Target duration
1 Day
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04017663
Sponsor's protocol ID
CAAE: 88504718.0.0000.5402
Status last verified
Mar 2020
First submitted
4 Jul 2019
Last updated
2 Apr 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cardiovascular Risk Factor, run by Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho at 1 site in Brazil.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Apr 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Barriers (time frame: In the first 1 day of avaliation). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Apr 2020.

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