SYMPERHEART. Supporting symptom perception in persons living with heart failure
- Conditions
- Chronic heart failureCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN18151041
- Lead Sponsor
- HES-SO Fribourg
- Brief Summary
2021 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34315799/ (added 19/10/2021) 2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37794511/ (added 05/10/2023)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 32
Patient participants:
1. HF adults =18 years old
2. Confirmed HF diagnostic
3. NYHA class II-IV
4. Speaking French or German
5. Being followed by home-based care
6. Providing written informed consent to participate
Informal caregiver:
1. Adult =18 years old
2. Identified by the participating HF patient as an informal caregiver
3. Either living with the patient, or having at least weekly contact
4. Speaking French or German
5. Providing written informed consent to participate.
Nurse sample:
1. Registered/diploma nurses delivering the intervention
2. Fluent in French or German
3. Designated by the home care nurse manager
Patient participants:
1. Suffering from immediately life threatening or terminal illness
2. Being already enrolled in an interventional study supporting heart failure self-care
3. Clinical instability necessitating a hospitalization
4. Subject to cognitive impairment that would preclude written informed consent
Informal caregiver:
1. Subject to cognitive impairment that would preclude written informed consent
2. Suffering from immediately life threatening or terminal illness
3. Refusal by the HF person to involve an informal caregiver in the study
Nurse sample:
1. Not having attended to the preparation sessions of the intervention
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method