Education for heart failure patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I502- Systolic (congestive) heart failure
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/10/021724
- Lead Sponsor
- Prima J J DSouza
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. New York Heart Association(NYHA) classification â?? II to IV
2. Diagnosed with Heart Failure with reduced ejection fraction.
3. Left Ventricular ejection fraction of < 45%
4. Patients who are willing to consent for the study and able to read/understand the Kannada language.
5. Ability and willingness to operate the mobile phone for text message and respond for telephonic calling
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with cognitive impairment
2. Patients who are critically ill unable to perform self-care activities.
3. Patients/ caregivers who do not use a mobile phone
4. Patients with other comorbidities having limited life expectancy such as chronic obstructive pulmonary, asthma, cancer, chronic kidney disease
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Health-Related Quality of Life <br/ ><br>2. Self-care behaviour <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1. Baseline <br/ ><br>2. At one month <br/ ><br>3. At Six months <br/ ><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Hospital readmissions <br/ ><br>2.Symptom perception <br/ ><br>3.Improvement in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class <br/ ><br>4. Left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF) <br/ ><br>5. N-terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide(NT- proBNP) levels. <br/ ><br>6. Heart failure knowledgeTimepoint: Symptom perception at baseline, one month and six months. <br/ ><br>Improvement in New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, Left ventricular ejection fraction(LVEF), N-terminal pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide(NT- proBNP) levels, Heart failure knowledgeat baseline and 6 months <br/ ><br>