A randomized controlled trial evaluating self-care among three groups of patients with heart failure educated by health educators, by volunteers and a control group

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Failure; Public Health; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000788673
• Lead Sponsor: Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 201

Inclusion Criteria

over 18 year
diagnosed by heart failure
signing consent form
lack of mental disorder

Exclusion Criteria

less than 18 or more than 95
cognition problems
disagreement

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
self-care scales (self-care maintenance, self-care management and self-care confidence) are the outcome that are measured using pSCHFI.The pSCHFI is comprised of three scales with 22 questions containing 10 questions for self-maintenance, 6 for self-management and 6 for self-confidence. Each scale is standardized to a possible score of zero to 100(using likert scale)[outcome was assessed at 60 days from baseline]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
nil[nil]