Community Health Worker-Led Intervention to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: CVD - Cardiovascular Disease

In brief

This study is being done to evaluate whether a program called Heart to Heart, that helps patients make a more informed decision about cardiac rehab (CR), is interesting, acceptable to participants, and whether participants would recommend it to others.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06908590

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

50

Starts

2026-02-19

Expected to finish

2027-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-27

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients hospitalized with cardiac events and eligible for CR at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center. CR eligibility is determined by their treating health care team .
• Low socioeconomic status defined by Medicaid insurance, or top quartile of the area deprivation index in Baltimore city.
• Age ≥ 21 years
• Willing to be audio-recorded

You may not qualify if…

• Formal diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) that would prohibit completion of study activities
• Formal diagnosis of a severe psychiatric disorders by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) criteria in the EHR that would prohibit completion of study activities (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder).
• Systemic illness limiting longevity (e.g., advanced cancer)
• Contraindications to CR as assessed by their health care team
• Unwilling or unable to follow study procedures.
• Unable to consent
• Unable to speak or understand English. Assessments including in-depth interviews will be conducted in English.

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States (enrolling)
• Johns Hopkins Hospital — Baltimore, Maryland, United States (enrolling)

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