ACTION Phase 2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Developing a brief intervention to communicate cardiovascular risk to patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain: a co-production approach. Phase 2
IRAS ID
351824
Contact name
Nicholas L Mills
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Edinburgh
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 10 months, 28 days
Research summary
Some patients who come to the emergency department with chest pain and have not had a heart attack, are at an increased risk of having a heart attack in the future. We know this by taking a blood test (troponin) which looks at damage to their heart. These patients are often sent home from hospital with no information about their risk of heart disease. A patient survey revealed that patients in the emergency department would like to receive more information about heart disease. In this study we will provide patients who are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease with their troponin value. We will deliver this information within a cardiovascular brief intervention, which is a short conversation with a patient about their health. In a previous study we did some interviews with patients to find out how we should deliver their results and what information they would like to receive in a cardiovascular brief intervention. We also asked them the best way to give them this information. The aim of this part of the study is to determine if the new cardiovascular brief intervention helps patients understand their risk and if it results in them making changes to their health.
REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
25/NS/0044
Date of REC Opinion
9 May 2025
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion