Effectiveness of an interactive web-based platform and a disease specific information website in patients with heart failure: a 3-arm randomised trial.
Completed
- Conditions
- congestive cardiac failureHeart failure10019280
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40041
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 414
Inclusion Criteria
- HF established according to the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and confirmed with echocardiography at least three months ago.
- Sufficient cognitive and physical function to understand the aim of the study and perform or undergo the required measurements and sign informed consent.
- Aged 18 years or over.
Exclusion Criteria
- Non-availability of internet and email.
- Inability to work with internet and e-mail.
- Inability of the patient and his/her family or care takers to read and understand Dutch.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcomes are self care behaviour and quality of life measured with<br /><br>the validated European Heart Failure Self Care Behaviour Scale (EHFScB scale)<br /><br>and the short-form health survey with 36 questions (SF36), EuroQol 5 Dimensions<br /><br>(EQ-5D), and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ)<br /><br>respectively. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcome are all-cause mortality, HF related hospitalisations,<br /><br>duration of HF related hospitalisations and disease specific knowledge measured<br /><br>with the Dutch Heart Failure knowledge scale, heart function and evaluation of<br /><br>use of website measured with the *use of website* and website user satisfaction<br /><br>(WUS) questionnaire. A cost-effectiveness analysis will be part of the study.</p><br>