Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Community Health Worker-Led Intervention to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation
Lead Sponsor:
Johns Hopkins University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Conditions:
CVD - Cardiovascular Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
21+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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, an...
Detailed Description
This is a prospective, single-institution pilot study to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a tailored Community Health Worker (CHW) led intervention to increase CR pa...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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
Exclusion
- 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 8 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06908590
Start Date
December 8 2025
End Date
July 1 2027
Last Update
December 2 2025
Active Locations (2)
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Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
2
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224