Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Paediatric Cardiologists About Cardiac Rehabilitation in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

NCT06356454 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KAPCON-CR
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 106
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Despite significant clinical benefits and recommendations of clinical practice guidelines to refer patients for exercise and physical activity counselling in the capacity of cardiac rehabilitation (CR), CR is largely underutilised and not implemented effectively. Studies have reported that the reasons for the low implementation of CR are multifactorial at the healthcare system, physician and patient levels. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes and practical applications of paediatric cardiologists regarding cardiac rehabilitation and specifically exercise and physical activity in children with congenital heart disease (CHD).

Conditions

Physician's Role

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The score of Questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes and practices of paediatric cardiologists about cardiac rehabilitation in children with congenital heart disease

  The scale created in this study does not have a minimum and maximum score due to its nature. Some questions in the scale are in yes/no format and some questions are in multiple choice format. For this reason, the results of the study will be given in the form of categorical or frequency tables in accordance with the scale questions. The questions consist of knowledge of physicians about CR, attitudes of physicians on CR, practices of physicians on CR and barriers faced by physicians for referring to CR and socio-demographic data of the responders.

  10-15 minutes

Interventions

Questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes and practices of paediatric cardiologists about cardiac rehabilitation in children with congenital heart disease OTHER

Creating the questionnaire: The self-administered questionnaire was designed based on literature review. The questions of the questionnaire were based on the 3 main components of the World Health Organisation's Knowledge, Attitude and Practice framework. The questions were evaluated by experts in the field such as cardiologists working in paediatric cardiology. The questionnaire, which was finalised with the questions updated according to expert opinions, has 5 sections: * Section 1: Socio-demographic questions * Section 2: Questions on the level of knowledge about CR * Section 3: Questions on attitudes about CR * Section 4: Questions on Practices about CR

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 32 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The population of the study is paediatric cardiologists. The sample consists of paediatric cardiologists who volunteered to participate in the study, to whom the study could be announced/notified, and who actively serve in patient diagnosis and treatment.

You may qualify if:

• To be a paediatric cardiologist,
• Providing active service in patient diagnosis and treatment

You may not qualify if:

• Not providing active service in patient diagnosis and treatment despite being a paediatric cardiologist (administrative position, etc.).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University

Karaman, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research assistant, PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 4, 2024
• First Posted: April 10, 2024
• Study Start: October 2, 2024
• Primary Completion: December 17, 2025
• Study Completion: February 10, 2026
• Last Updated: February 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Locations

TU (1)