Cardiac Rehabilitation Needs Among Individuals With Atrial Fibrillation

NCT ID: NCT06772207

Last Updated: 2025-06-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Total Enrollment: 30000 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-06-11
• Study Completion Date: 2025-07-14

Brief Summary

The goal of this survey- and registry-based study is to learn about the cardiac rehabilitation needs of individuals with atrial fibrillation (AF). The main objectives of the study is to:

1. Investigate cardiac rehabilitation needs among eligible individuals with AF in a large AF population

2. Estimate how many needs referral to primary care programs, according to a needs assessment model.

Detailed Description

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in adults globally. It poses significant public health challenges and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. AF affects quality of life with an enlarged symptom burden. To improve life expectancy and quality of life, medical treatment along with risk factor management and cardiac rehabilitation is needed. In many countries, referral to cardiac rehabilitation remains low. Furthermore, no guidelines or evidence provides details on whom should be referred. Thus, we do not know how many individuals with AF presents with cardiac rehabilitation needs.

This study is a survey and registry-based study. Danish health registries are used to draw a population of individuals with incident AF in 2023-2024. Following the exclusion criteria, these will receive a survey covering the described outcomes which are used to investigate needs of rehabilitation. A statistical predicitive analysis will be performed to estimate how many needs referral to cardiac rehabilitation.

Conditions

Atrial Fibrillation (AF)

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

Respondents of electronic survey

Population with incident AF in Denmark in 2023-2024

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Individuals with recidence in Denmark, 18 years of age or above, with a CPR number (personal identification number) registered with a diagnosis of incident AF in 2022 or 2023 (ICD-10: DI480*).

Exclusion Criteria

• Death.
• Name- and address protection.
• Exemtion from using digital post.
• Living in a nursing home.
• A diagnosis of dementia.
• Hospital admission or ambulant contacts due to mental illness within one year before diagnosis (except depression or anxiety).
• Individuals receiving palliative care or treatment.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Odense University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Caroline Matilde Elnegaard

PhD student

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Axel Brandes, Professor, cardiologist

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Department of Cardiology, Esbjerg and Grindsted Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark.

Locations

Odense University Hospital

Odense, , Denmark

Countries

Denmark

Other Identifiers

PRIME-AF

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id