Patient-reported Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Continuity of Care, Adherence to Treatment and Self-reported Health After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CONCARD): a Patient-centered Care Study

The main objective is to investigate i) continuity of care, ii) health literacy and self-management, iii) adherence to treatment, and iv) patient preferences, healthcare utilization and costs, and to determine associations with future short- and long-term health outcomes in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention.

CONCARD will use multiple designs. (1) An inductive exploratory design including in-depth interviews on patients' experiences of healthcare delivery will provide a context for the quantitative data to develop the content of the cohort study and trial intervention. (2) A prospective cohort design with a 1-year follow-up period will include data on patient-reported outcomes, and a 10-year follow-up for adverse events. In translation and adaptation of patient-reported outcome measures, a methodological design will be applied. (3) A discrete choice experiment will investigate patient preferences for aftercare and cardiac rehabilitation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
• ≥ 18 years of age
• Living at home at the time of inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who do not speak Norwegian/Danish
• Patients who are unable to fill in the questionnaires due to reduced capacities
• Institutionalized patients
• Patients with expected lifetime less than one year
• Percutaneous coronary intervention without stent implantation
• Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention related to Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation or Mitraclip examination
• Previous enrollment in CONCARD (readmissions).