Acute Coronary Syndrome KCMC

Community and Physician Perceptions of Chest Pain and Prevalence of Acute Coronary Syndrome Among HIV-infected and -Uninfected Patients in Moshi, Tanzania

The purpose of this study is to develop a quality improvement intervention to address barriers to evidence-based acute coronary syndrome (ACS) care in northern Tanzania. Patients who presented to Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) will be asked to complete a survey about barriers and facilitators of health care. In addition the survey will be administered to all providers, policymakers, and administrators participating in in-depth interviews. Data from this survey will be used to develop a quality improvement intervention that will be piloted by KCMC staff. Six months after the pilot program is implemented providers, patients, and administrators will be interviewed for their perspectives on the program.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Quality Improvement

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 641
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • North Carolina
    • Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710
      • Duke University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older
• symptoms related to acute coronary syndrome
• myocardial infarction
• clinically sober
• able to communicate in Swahili or English

Exclusion Criteria:

• medically unstable
• have a deteriorating condiction
• too critically ill to participate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: MI Patients in northern Tanzania; Patients presenting to KCMC emergency department with acute MI	Other: Quality Improvement; A quality improvement intervention including reminders, care protocols, and text messages to improve care of myocardial infarction in the KCMC ED

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Acceptability as Measured by the Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM)	The AIM tool is a 4-question survey that evaluates the acceptability of an intervention. Responses to each question are on a 5-point Likert Scale (Strongly Agree=5, Agree=4, Neutral=3, Disagree=2, Strongly Disagree=1). Responses of "Strongly Agree" (5) and "Agree" (4) are considered to indicate a more acceptable intervention. The responses to each question will be averaged together to give an acceptability score between 1 and 5 for each respondent. The primary outcome will be the overall mean acceptability score among respondents. A mean acceptability score >= 4 will be considered to indicate acceptability.	Initial ED visit (baseline)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Participants Presenting With Chest Pain or Shortness of Breath Who Undergo ECG and Cardiac Biomarker Testing During Their ED Stay		Initial ED visit (baseline)
Survival of Participants With Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) at 30 Days After Enrollment	Number of participants with ACS who have survived at 30 days	30 days after enrollment
Number of Participants With Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Taking Aspirin at Baseline		Initial ED visit (baseline)
Number of Participants With Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Taking Aspirin 30 Days After Enrollment		30 days after enrollment

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Duke University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Julian Hertz, MD, Duke University Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 21, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 21, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): September 24, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 23, 2024
• Last Verified: December 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Pathologic Processes; Heart Diseases; Disease; Myocardial Ischemia; Syndrome; Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Other Study ID Numbers: Pro00090902

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: We are bound by local Tanzanian guidelines regarding patient privacy and data security and are not allowed to share individual participant data without express permission of the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No