Effect of smartphones applications on heart failure
- Conditions
- Heart Failure.Heart failure
- Registration Number
- IRCT20171225038069N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Iran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Patients of two groups should not be under any investigation or research
Having a smartphone or tablet under the Android system where the application can be installed and capable of using it
Having fluency in Persian
The patient is admitted at least once due to Heart Failure disease.
Patients should be admitted by a physician due to an exacerbation of heart failure
Having a weak to moderate self-care based on self-care questionnaire for European heart failure
Having ages 18 to 65 years
Having class 2 and 3 in Heart Failure classes
Patients have been admitted for an exacerbation of heart failure to the hospital and are not at the compensatory phase of the disease.
Not having any other chronic disease that requires frequent hospitalization, such as cancer, severe kidney disease and dementia
The patient's admission for any reason other than the illness studied
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self care. Timepoint: Measure self-care (before intervention) and 3 months after using the application. Method of measurement: European self-care questionnaire for patients with heart failure (12 items) Jarasma et.al.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method