The effects of group training with teach back method with and without telephone follow-up on quality of life and hospital readmission of patients with heart failure
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Heart failure.Heart failure, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014091319146N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
being older than 40 years old; diagnosis of heart failure by the attending physician; presence of heart failure at least 6 months from diagnosis; having fully consciousness and being familiar with Persian language, lack of any psychiatric diseases such as schizophrenia; lack of drug addiction; lack of acute physical illness such as dialysis or any other diseases that prevent the learning process.
Exclusion criteria: patient refusal to continue follow-up; any physical problems other than those related to heart failure or mental problems that occur during intervention and prevent training process; being absence in two training sessions continually.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Readmission rate. Timepoint: Baseline and one month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Ask the patient, their family and reading medical records.;Quality of Life. Timepoint: Baseline and one month after the intervention. Method of measurement: Minnesota Heart Failure Quality of Life Questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical dimensionl of quality of life. Timepoint: Before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Quality of life questionnaire.;Spiritual dimension of quality of life. Timepoint: Before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Quality of life questionnaire.;Socio-economic dimension of quality of life. Timepoint: Before and one month after intervention. Method of measurement: Quality of life questionnaire.