Depression and Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure Patients and the Caregivers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Heart Failure (CHF); Anxiety and Depression; Quality of Life (QOL); Exercise
• Interventions: Other: Home-based exercise

• Registration Number: NCT01197313
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

Anxiety and depression are often present in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). This study aimed to evaluate the influence of anxiety and depression on the physical function, disability, and quality of life (QOL) in CHF. This study examined the effects of 8-week home-based exercise on these parameters, and investigated the correlations between these outcome changes.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-12
• Primary Completion: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Status Verified: 2010-09
• Study First Submitted: 2010-09-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-09-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-09-07
• Study First Posted: 2010-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 2010-09-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of CHF for more than 6 months (NYHA Classes I-III)
• Medically stable for at least 3 months

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Exclusion Criteria

• Malignancy
• Psychiatric disease, primary neuromusculoskeletal or respiratory diseases that affected the assessment of functional or exercise capacity
• Changes in medication occurred during the study period

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercise	Home-based exercise	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychologic aspect	8 weeks	Anxiety and depression was measured by Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS).
Functional capacity	8 weeks	Functional capacity was assessed by six-minute walk test (6MWT).
Disability level	8 weeks	Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (GARS)
Quality of life	8 weeks	Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MHFQ) was used to assess quality of life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan