Translating Research: Patient Decision Support/Coaching

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Acute Coronary Syndrome

In brief

The purpose of the study was to test a telephone counseling intervention for patients after leaving the hospital for a heart attack to use medication, exercise, healthy eating and smoking cessation to prevent further heart attacks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00416026

Run by

Michigan State University

People needed

304

Starts

2002-01-01

Expected to finish

2004-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-12-27

Who can join

Age: 19 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age of 21 years or older,
• a documented serum Troponin I level of greater than, or equal to the upper limits of normal in each hospital, and
• a working diagnosis of ACS in the medical record.

You may not qualify if…

• inability to speak English or to complete the enrollment interview, and
• discharge to a non-home setting.

Where it is running

• Genesys Health System — Flint, Michigan, United States
• Hurley Hospital — Flint, Michigan, United States
• McLaren Health Systems — Flint, Michigan, United States
• Covenant Health System — Saginaw, Michigan, United States
• St. Mary's Hospital — Saginaw, Michigan, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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