Illness perceptions of heart failure patients' following cardiac rehab
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A qualitative study of illness perceptions of heart failure patients' following participation in a cardiac rehabilitation programme
IRAS ID
128149
Contact name
Lynne Kennedy
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, days
Research summary
The aim of the study is to interview heart failure (HF) patients' following their participation in a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programme to retrospectively explore their experiences of illness perception (IP) over time and the potential influence of attending cardiac rehabilitation. Exploration into the association illness perceptions of heart failure patients' and how this affects daily activities, attitudes and behaviours, and to explore whether cardiac rehabilitation influences self-care management. A cohort of eight patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (<49% ejection fraction), who are eligible to participate in an eight week CR programme, will attend a 1 hour exercise session followed by a 1 hour education session once a week for eight weeks. A one to one interview with patients following the CR programme will then be conducted, whereby semi-structured open ended questions relating to their illness perceptions will be used as a guide, as based on the brief illness perceptions questionnaire (Broadbent, Petrie, Main & Weinman, 2006. A dictaphone recorder will be used to record all interviews, whereby patients will be asked to respond openly, expressing their experiences of living with HF and their feelings with regard to their illness. The recruitment process will be initiated with a letter of invitation (see appendix 1) to potential CR patients along with an information sheet (see appendix 2) describing the purpose of the study and rationale for their selection and a consent form (see appendix 3) will be signed by the patient prior to interviews. Due to the nature of this qualitative design, thematic analysis is the most appropriate method to anaysis the data (Braun & Clarke, 2006). This will be broken down into the six phases: 1; Familarizing with data, 2; generating codes, 3; searching for themes, 4; reviewing themes, 5; defining and naming themes, 6; reporting. Followed by reviewing the research question.
REC name
East Midlands - Derby Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/EM/0120
Date of REC Opinion
24 Mar 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion