NCT07559253 · University of Wisconsin, Madison
Implementation of an Accessible Healthcare Model (ACHD STRONG): Comparing Nurse and Physician Lead Healthcare Transition Education in a RE-AIM Framework
What this study is about
The study includes patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), as well as their support persons and their providers, who are preparing to make the transition from pediatric to adult care for their CHD. The purpose of this study is to improve the tools available to help find doctors as patients enter adulthood. 200 people with CHD and support people will be enrolled.
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The study includes patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), as well as their support persons and their providers, who are preparing to make the transition from pediatric to adult care for their CHD. The purpose of this study is to improve the tools available to help find doctors as patients enter adulthood. 200 people with CHD and support people will be enrolled.
Interventions
OTHER
Accessible Care Model Visit
Accessible care activities will be performed by the provider following the patient participants enrollment in the study and may be observed by study staff.
OTHER
Recruitment Interviews
A subset of 3-10 patient participants (plus their health care providers) who consent to be reapproached will complete 30-60 minute recruitment interviews.
OTHER
Participating Patient-Support Person Interviews
Patients, and their support person if present, may complete a 30-60 minute structured or unstructured interviews following the education session in a standard clinical encounter. Dyadic interviews will be analyzed 5 at a time over three phases of study until saturation.
OTHER
Participating Patient-Support Person Surveys
Participants will complete a survey led by the study team member to identify factors hypothesized to affect transition including age, ethnicity, race, education, transportation, distance from home to clinic, other children at home, plans for care in the transition from pediatric to adult care.
OTHER
Participating Provider Interviews and surveys
Before the end of each wave, a brief (15-20 minute) unstructured interview with the healthcare team will be conducted.
OTHER
Unstructured and semi-structured interviews
Semi-structured interviewing is based on the use of an interview guide. Unstructured interviewing is used both as a form of primary data collection and to develop semi-structured interview or survey questions. It is particularly useful know about the lived experience of a participant. In this case, their experiences of transition education and of the clinical encounter.
Primary outcome measures
Percentage of Uptake of Assigned Components
Time frame: up to 1 year
Assigned components include: surveys returned, clinic observations completed, and interviews completed.
Who can participate
This study lists these criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov. A study coordinator reviews eligibility during screening — this page does not determine whether you qualify.
Inclusion criteria
- (Patient Participants):
- Diagnosed CHD patients between the ages of 12-26 will be eligible
- Able to provide assent when seen by a pediatric or adult congenital cardiologist provider.
- A subset of patients will self-identify as having a disability, and or, be identified with disabilities in their medical or educational records.
- Participants to provide assent/consent and complete all study activities in English or Spanish
- Participants under the age of 18 must have a legal guardian who is able to provide consent in English or Spanish.
Exclusion criteria
- Providers may decline participation of any patient at their clinical discretion
Where
- Madison, Wisconsin
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Data: ClinicalTrials.gov · synced May 5, 2026 · Source of record for eligibility and locations