Nurses Helping Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors Recover After Getting An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Sudden Cardiac Arrest

In brief

To determine if an education and support nursing intervention program helped sudden cardiac arrest survivors adjust to the event and to getting an ICD

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00226681

Run by

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

People needed

150

Starts

1999-09-01

Expected to finish

2004-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-09-10

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• First time sudden cardiac arrest with ICD implantation during hospitalization, over age 21 years, working telephone in the home, deliverable address for 1 year

You may not qualify if…

• Receiving an ICD for primary prevention of sudden cardiac arrest, inability to read, speak, or understand English, no telephone at home or no current address, cognitive or physical impairments that prohibited ability to give informed consent.

Where it is running

• University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States

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