More people are surviving a cardiac arrest due to improvements in bystander resuscitation and acute hospital care. However, many survivors of cardiac arrest are left with physical, mental and social problems impacting negatively on their quality of life. At present there are no specialist interventions for survivors of cardiac arrest in Denmark and very few have been evaluated internationally. Rehabilitation for people after cardiac events or brain injury have shown significant physical and mental well-being benefits, indicating the same may be true for survivors of cardiac arrest. This pilot study will test the feasibility and acceptability of a residential rehabilitation intervention focused on fatigue, and the physical, mental and social consequences of cardiac arrest. In addition, the pilot study will discover if the intervention has any effect on self-report measures, including fatigue, mental well-being and activity of the survivors of cardiac arrest who participate, and on the mental well-being of relatives of these survivors.
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Recruitment rate for participants
Timeframe: Time frame: From month 4 to month 1 before intervention start date
Participant satisfaction assessed by a likert scale
Timeframe: At eleven weeks months
Completion of study outcome measures
Timeframe: Baseline, eleven weeks and 6 months
Adherence to intervention by participants
Timeframe: At eleven weeks