Title |
Activity and Life After Survival of a Cardiac Arrest (ALASCA) and the effectiveness of an early intervention service: design of a randomised controlled trial
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Published in |
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, August 2007
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2261-7-26 |
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Authors |
Véronique RMP Moulaert, Jeanine A Verbunt, Caroline M van Heugten, Wilbert GM Bakx, Anton PM Gorgels, Sebastiaan CAM Bekkers, Marc CFTM de Krom, Derick T Wade |
Abstract |
Cardiac arrest survivors may experience hypoxic brain injury that results in cognitive impairments which frequently remain unrecognised. This may lead to limitations in daily activities and participation in society, a decreased quality of life for the patient, and a high strain for the caregiver. Publications about interventions directed at improving quality of life after survival of a cardiac arrest are scarce. Therefore, evidence about effective rehabilitation programmes for cardiac arrest survivors is urgently needed. This paper presents the design of the ALASCA (Activity and Life After Survival of a Cardiac Arrest) trial, a randomised, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effects of a new early intervention service for survivors of a cardiac arrest and their caregivers. |
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