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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12611000079943
ACTRN12611000079943
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Hope-fostering nursing intervention for improving quality of life among Chinese patients with heart failure

Keung sum CHA0 sites195 target enrollmentJanuary 21, 2011

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Heart failure
Sponsor
Keung sum CHA
Enrollment
195
Status
Not yet recruiting
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 21, 2011
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Keung sum CHA

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Participants btween the ages of 60 and 70 years with a medical diagnosis of confirmed heart failure greater than 3 years by ward medical record review
  • man or woman
  • able to speak Cantonese and read Chinese
  • Classified as grade II to IV according to the New York Heart Association Classification
  • heart failure patient's Herth Hope Index score less than 30 regarded as low level of hope

Exclusion Criteria

  • Psychiatric problems identified in their medical records and also identified patients by interview with Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia Lifetime version for ruled out any hidden affective disorders or schizophrenia patients.
  • impaired cognitive function identified by Mini\-Mental Status Examination (MMSE less than 30 were also excluded
  • family history of heart disease were also excluded
  • suffered from a coexisting, severe, chronic debilitating disease were excluded
  • history of known any form of Tai Chi exercise

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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