Actively Recruiting
Community Health Worker-Led Intervention to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation
Led by Johns Hopkins University · Updated on 2026-02-27
50
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
71 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
J
Johns Hopkins University
Lead Sponsor
N
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Community Health Worker-Led Intervention to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Patients hospitalized with cardiac events and eligible for cardiac rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center
- Low socioeconomic status defined by Medicaid insurance or living in the top quartile of the area deprivation index in Baltimore city
- Age 21 years or older
- Willingness to be audio-recorded during the study
You will not qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment that prevents completing study activities
- Diagnosis of severe psychiatric disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder) that prevent completing study activities
- Systemic illnesses limiting life expectancy, such as advanced cancer
- Contraindications to cardiac rehabilitation as determined by healthcare team
- Unwillingness or inability to follow study procedures
- Unable to provide consent
- Inability to speak or understand English
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21217
Actively Recruiting
2
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
Actively Recruiting
3
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Lena Mathews, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
1
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