Effect of a disease management program in elderly heart failure patients with cognitive impairment after a hospital discharge, through a dual intervention in patients and caregivers and its follow-up by a multidisciplinary team, delivered by geriatric day-hospital vs. usual care

Hospital of Caceres (Complejo Hospitalario de Cáceres)0 个研究点目标入组 168 人开始时间: 2016年3月1日最近更新: 2018年4月30日

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•Consecutive patients diagnosed with acute HF and discharged from the Geriatric Service of the Cáceres Hospital Complex (Spain) are included. The patients are diagnosed according to the criteria of the European Society of Cardiology and must have:
•1. A hospital stay of more than 2 days
•2. A responsible caregiver
•After inclusion and exclusion criteria are reviewed, patients/caregivers will be asked if they would be willing to take a cognitive screening test and potentially participate in the study. If cognitive impairment is present they will be included in the study after patients and caregivers to sign informed consent.

•1. Terminal patients (with an expected survival of less than 6 months)
•2. Bedridden patients
•3. Patients with severe dementia (Global Deterioration Scale grade 7) or other serious psychiatric disease
•4. Patients who were impossible to follow up
•5. Patients in retirement homes
•6. Patients or caregivers who refused to participate

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Hospital of Caceres (Complejo Hospitalario de Cáceres)