CARE Qualitative Study
ConditionCardiac Surgery
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
About this trial
Over 30,000 people have heart surgery in the UK every year. Heart surgery is safe, but around 1 in 5 people having heart surgery will be readmitted to hospital in the year after their operation. There is no research that explains why they come back into hospital. It may be because they have a complication from the heart surgery, such as an irregular heart rhythm. Or it may be because they have other health problems which the heart surgery has made worse. Researchers want to find out what care is provided to people after heart surgery and what participants and healthcare staff think should be offered to prevent people coming back to hospital. The overall aim of this Programme Development Grant is to undertake preparatory work that will allow researchers to identify the best approach to improve care after hospital discharge for people having heart surgery.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients who have had elective or urgent cardiac surgery such as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, heart valve surgery, aortic surgery (thoracic aorta) within the last 12 months
Family members/carers of patients who have had cardiac surgery in the last 12 months.
Patients who are no longer undergoing inpatient or outpatient follow-up by their cardiac surgeon
Disqualifiers
Patients who have had cardiac transplantation
Patients who are still undergoing follow-up by their cardiac surgery team
People who are unable to provide informed consent
Prisoners
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed
Trial groups
No trial groups listed
Sponsors and collaborators
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Lead sponsor
University of Sheffield
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov