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Study of Footstool Use in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Blood Pressure Changes During Defecation

Basic Information

Recruitment status	Pending
Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied	Heart failure, valvular heart disease, arrhythmia, ischemic heart disease, and cardiomyopathy
Date of first enrollment	16/03/2026
Target sample size	60
Countries of recruitment
Study type	Interventional
Intervention(s)	Two defecation conditions will be established: without a footstool and with a footstool, and measurements will be performed in a crossover manner. Each condition will be assessed with 1 to 2 repeated sets of measurements and used for comparison of blood pressure changes during defecation. At enrollment, participants will be randomly assigned to one of the following two measurement sequences: Group A-1st: without footstool, 2nd: with footstool, 3rd: without footstool, 4th: with footstool Group B-1st: with footstool, 2nd: without footstool, 3rd: with footstool, 4th: without footstool

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome	Difference in blood pressure measurements before and after defecation
Secondary Outcome	Cardiovascular events during hospitalization and after discharge

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Age minimum	>= 20age old
Age maximum	Not applicable
Gender	Both
Include criteria	Patients with cardiovascular disease who are hospitalized at our institution on or after April 2026 and have completed acute-phase treatment
Exclude criteria	Under 20 years of age, pregnant women, body weight over 100 kg, and status post stoma creation