RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06908590

Community Health Worker-Led Intervention to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation

Heart-to-Heart: A Community Health Worker-Led Intervention to Increase Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation Among Patients With Low Socioeconomic Status

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Enrollment

50 participants

Start Date

Feb 19, 2026

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

CVD - Cardiovascular Disease

Summary

This study is being done to evaluate whether a program called Heart to Heart, that helps patients make a more informed decision about cardiac rehab (CR), is interesting, acceptable to participants, and whether participants would recommend it to others.

Eligibility

Min Age: 21 Years

Inclusion Criteria4

Patients hospitalized with cardiac events and eligible for CR at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Bayview Medical Center. CR eligibility is determined by their treating health care team .
Low socioeconomic status defined by Medicaid insurance, or top quartile of the area deprivation index in Baltimore city.
Age ≥ 21 years
Willing to be audio-recorded

Exclusion Criteria7

Formal diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) that would prohibit completion of study activities
Formal diagnosis of a severe psychiatric disorders by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) criteria in the EHR that would prohibit completion of study activities (e.g., schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder).
Systemic illness limiting longevity (e.g., advanced cancer)
Contraindications to CR as assessed by their health care team
Unwilling or unable to follow study procedures.
Unable to consent
Unable to speak or understand English. Assessments including in-depth interviews will be conducted in English.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALEducation, Providing and Engaging Social Support and Assistance with Health System Navigation

1. Introduction to Program and Cardiac Rehab Needs Assessment Education about Cardiac Rehab 2. Education about CVD and how Cardiac Rehab can help in the participants recovery 3. Social Support Module 4. Health System Navigation Module