Therapy OPtimization Heart Failure Utrecht
Overview
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Heart Failure
- Sponsor
- Julius Center
- Enrollment
- 683
- Primary Endpoint
- proportion recommended medication for patients with heart failure
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 13 years ago
Overview
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.
Investigators
Drs. Mark M J Valk
assistant professor
Julius Center
Eligibility Criteria
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
- •Patients who do not speak the Dutch language
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
proportion recommended medication for patients with heart failure
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- QoL(up to 1 year)