Educational intervention to improve knowledge and clinical outcomes for low-literacy patients with congestive heart failure
Completed
- Conditions
- Heart failureCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11535170
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of North Carolina (USA)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
Patients aged 30-80 years with heart failure who also took furosemide.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Moderate to severe dementia
2. Terminal illness with life expectancy less than 6 months
3. Severe hearing impairment
4. Blindness
5. Current substance abuse
6. A serum creatinine >4 mg/dl or on dialysis
7. A requirement of supplemental oxygen at home
8. Lacked a telephone
9. Patients who were scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery or awaiting heart transplant
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method