Study to Improve the Treatment of Patients With Heart Failure by General Practitioners

Phase 4

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Failure

• Registration Number: NCT01662323
• Lead Sponsor: Julius Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether it is possible to improve the care of general practitioners for patients with heart failure. The investigators try to reach that goal by training the GP's for 90 minutes in uptitrating the recommended medication according the guidelines. After 6 month the investigators ask the patients to fill out a questionary. The investigators ask them about their quality of live.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-06
• Primary Completion: 2012-06
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Study First Submitted: 2012-08-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-08-07
• Study First Posted: 2012-08-10
• Status Verified: 2012-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-11-13
• Last Update Posted: 2012-11-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 683

Inclusion Criteria

• Do have a general practitioners diagnosis heart failure mentioned twice in the electronical medical file.

Exclusion Criteria

• Incapacitated patients with a life expectancy of less than 2 months
• Seniles
• Patients who do not speak the Dutch language

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
proportion recommended medication for patients with heart failure	up to 6 months	the proportion patient who got at the end of the study the tree medicaments which should be prescribed to a patient with heart failure.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
QoL	up to 1 year	Measurement of quality of live six months after uptitration of the recommended medication.