Enhancing Knowledge Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs)

Completed

Conditions studied: Pacemaker, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

In brief

The specific aims of the patient intervention are to: 1. increase patient knowledge about pacemakers (PM) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) 2. help patients to identify if their PM or ICD has been interrogated 3. improve patient's physician-patient communication skills 4. teach patients how to identify if their device has been recalled 5. train patients what to do in case of a device recall The educational interventions proposed, if proven to be effective by this pilot, will provide a low-cost, reproducible intervention to improve the clinical care and safe management of pacemakers (PM) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in patients. The goal of the intervention will be to promote the safe use of implantable pulse generators.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00822965

Run by

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

People needed

104

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Consecutive patients (beginning with most recent date) who presented to UTMDACC Preoperative Consultation Clinic from January 1, 2000 to November 15, 2008 with an implanted pulse generator.
• English-speaking (Resources to translate materials and provide interviews in Spanish language or languages other than English are not available for this study).
• Adult patients 18 years of age or older.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients who fail to consent to participate.
• Patients with self-report of hearing impairment, sight, or reading impairment that would hinder ability to complete written surveys
• Patients who have a second implant

Where it is running

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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