71
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2013
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2016
Nurse-led counselling programme
The intervention is an individual nurse-led counselling programme in addition to usual care. The intervention includes 3 outpatient clinic visits (at weeks 2, 14 and 26) and two telephone calls (at weeks 4 and 16) by a cardiovascular nurse during the first 6 months early discharged. The counselling focuses on cardiac risk reduction behaviour based on guidelines issued by European Society of Cardiology and self-management support.
Usual care
Medical Clinic, Namsos
Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF
OTHER