etherlands Heart Foundation Coordinating Study Evaluating Outcomes of Advising and Counselling in Heart Failure

Completed

• Conditions: Heart disease, heart failure; Circulatory System; Heart failure

• Registration Number: ISRCTN98675639
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-07-19
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1050

Inclusion Criteria

1. Hospital admission for symptomatic chronic heart failure, established by the cardiologist
2. Evidence for structurally underlying heart disease
3. >18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

1. Are enrolled in clinical trials requiring additional visits to research health care personnel
2. Restrictions that render the patient unable to fill in the data collection materials
3. Have undergone invasive cardiac intervention within the last six months (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [PTCA], coronary artery bypass graft [CABG], hypertensive crisis [HTC], valve replacement) or planned to have such a procedure the following three months
4. Have been evaluated for heart transplantation

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to first event (HF readmission and death)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Number of readmissions<br>2. Quality of life<br>3. Costs<br>4. Compliance<br>5. Knowledge<br>6. Attitude<br>7. Skills<br>8. Self-care behaviour