Hope-inspiring (fostering) Nursing Intervention for Improving the Quality of Life in Chinese Heart failure patients in Hong Kong

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Heart failure; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000079943
• Lead Sponsor: Keung sum CHA

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-01-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 195

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
evel of hope (Herth Hope Index score > 30)<br>The Herth Hope Index (Herth, 1992) comprises 12 items designed as individual measure multidimensional of hope. Participants are asked to rate each item on a 4-point Likert scale, and are scored from 1 to 4 (1 = strong disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = agree, 4 = strong agree); total possible scores thus range from 12 to 48, with higher scores indicating greater hopefulness.[Baseline, the last day of intervention, 3 month after booster intervention and 6 month after discharge from hospital.]