Study to Improve the Treatment of Patients With Heart Failure by General Practitioners
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Heart Failure
- Interventions
- Behavioral: GP's treating HF according the dutch guidelines
- 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
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
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Training of the GP's, intervention GP's treating HF according the dutch guidelines General practitioners are trained to diagnose and treat heart failure according the recommendations of the NHG-standard. Controle GP's treating HF according the dutch guidelines General practitioners giving care as usual to their heart failure patients.
- 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.