Barriers and Facilitators to Psychosocial Management in Cardiac Rehabilitation at the South Francilien Hospital Center (CHSF)
Cardiac Rehabilitation
What this study involves
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- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- Not applicable / not listed
- Age range
- 18 years - Not specified
- Sex eligible
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Participants
- 0 Actual
These are starting points, not an eligibility decision. The research team must review the full requirements.
The study did not obtain regulatory approval.
About the research
The goal of this observational study is to describe the barriers to psychosocial management in cardiac rehabilitation patients at the south francilien hospital center (CHSF) and understand how to improve it, in order to facilitate their return to work.
The main questions it aims to answer are :
- What are the perceived barriers to psychosocial management among the male and female cardiac rehabilitation patients at the CHSF ?
- What are the perceived barriers to psychosocial management among the medical, paramedical and administrative staff members of the cardiac rehabilitation service at the CHSF ?
Read the full description
Cardiac rehabilitation is recommended for patients with acute or chronic cardiovascular disease in accordance with national and international guidelines.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines cardiac rehabilitation as "the sum of activity and interventions required to ensure the best possible physical, mental, and social conditions so that patients with chronic or post-acute cardiovascular disease may, by their own efforts, preserve or resume their proper place in society and lead an active life".
In France, the clinical practice guidelines issued by the French National Authority for Health (HAS) and the French Society of Cardiology emphasize the need for a multidisciplinary approach to cardiac rehabilitation, integrating psychosocial support and preparation for return to work, in addition to exercise training, cardiovascular risk factor management, optimization of pharmacological treatment, screening for comorbidities, therapeutic and dietary education.
According to experts, improving patients' working conditions and preparing their return to work before actual work resumption constitute major components of psychosocial care.
Such interventions can be facilitated through occupational health services, including workplace assessments and adjustments to job tasks or working hours.
Although psychosocial care is recognized as an essential component of both cardiac rehabilitation and successful return to work, its implementation within rehabilitation programs remains insufficient in practice.
Who may be able to participate?
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female, legally adult patients, participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program in day hospital at the CHSF
- Active in the workforce
- Planning to return to work
- Patients informed of the study and who did not object to it
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patient under legal guardianship
- Presence of cognitive impairments
- Patients who do not speak nor understand French.
Study population
Patients admitted to the cardiac rehabilitation service at the south francilien hospital center
Understand screeningTreatment, groups and participation
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- Assignment
- Not reported
- Masking
- Not reported
Patients
Patients with cardiovascular disease participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program at the CHSF
Other: Self administered questionnaire of cardiac rehabilitation patients
Cardiac rehabilitation staff members
medical, paramedical and administrative staff members of the cardiac rehabilitation service at the CHSF
Other: Self administered questionnaire of cardiac rehabilitation staff members
Occupational health physicians
A group of ccupational health physicians practicing in the Ile-de-France region, and members of an email distribution list.
Other: Self administered questionnaire of occupational health physicians
Self administered questionnaire of cardiac rehabilitation staff members OTHER
Intervention Description : The patients will be asked about :
- Their sociodemographic profile (age, gender, family status)
- Their professional profile
- Their current hospitalisation (reason for hospitalisation, and screening for symptoms of anxiety and depression)
- Perceived barriers to psychological support
- Perceived barriers to using occupational health services
Self administered questionnaire of cardiac rehabilitation patients OTHER
The staff members will be asked about :
- Their sociodemographic profile
- Their professional profile
- Perceived barriers to psychological support
- Perceived barriers to referral to occupational health services.
Self administered questionnaire of occupational health physicians OTHER
Occupational health physicians will be asked about their practices concerning employees returning to work after cardiac rehabilitation
What researchers are measuring
Outcome measures describe what is being studied. They are not proof that a treatment works.
Primary measures
Perceived barriers to psychosocial management
Time frame: at day 0
likert scale
Secondary measures
Anxiety (GAD-7 score scale)
Time frame: at day 0
Minimal, mild, moderate, severe
Depression (PHQ9 score scale)
Time frame: at day 0
Minimal, mild, moderate, severe
Practices concerning employees returning to work after cardiac rehabilitation
Time frame: at day 0
likert scale
Review the complete result tables and limitations in the official record.
Open official results ↗Research locations (1)
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1 locations
Centre Hospitalier Sud FrancilienCorbeil-Essonnes, France, FranceStatus unknown
Study team and timeline
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien
- Study start
- Sep 1, 2026 Estimated
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2026 Estimated
- Study completion
- Dec 31, 2026 Estimated
- First posted
- Jun 16, 2026 Actual
- Last updated
- Nov 10, 2026 Actual
Official study contacts
No central contact is listed. Check the locations and the official record.
Official study title
Barriers and Facilitators to Psychosocial Management in Cardiac Rehabilitation at the South Francilien Hospital Center (CHSF)
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Retrieved: Nov 12, 2026 · Last registry update: Nov 10, 2026