Home Care for the Patient With Heart Failure: Can Caregiver Education Prevent Hospital Admissions? A Clinical Randomized Trial.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 434
- 主要终点
- Hospital admissions for any cause
研究概览
简要总结
The study is aimed to evaluate if the education of the caregiver is able to reduce hospital admissions of patients with heart failure assisted at home.
详细描述
The primary objective of the study is to assess whether an educational intervention aimed at increasing the caregiver's skills is able to reduce hospital admissions for any cause in patients with heart failure assisted at home.
The General Practitioners who agree to participate are randomized in two groups: a) intervention group, whose patients are assisted in accordance with the procedures established by the project; b) control group, whose patients continue to be assisted in the usual modality.
The intervention consists of an educational session for each caregiver aimed at improving his ability to recognize early symptoms and signs of heart failure.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •adults of any age and gender in NYHA (New York Heart Association) classes II, III, IV, assisted exclusively at home;
- •willingness and ability to sign a written informed consent;
- •presence of a person who cared for the patient in a prevalent and regular way;
- •willingness of the caregiver to attend a training meeting.
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
No intervention
Usual care
Intervention
Education of the caregiver
干预措施: Education (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Hospital admissions for any cause
时间窗: Twelve months
Hospital admissions for any cause
次要结局
- Hospital admissions for cardiovascular causes(Twelve months)
- Mortality for general or cardiovascular causes(Twelve months)
研究者
Maria Stella Padula
local manager of the province of Modena
Italian College of General Practitioners