Train the trainer
Completed
- Conditions
- Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)Circulatory SystemHeart failure
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN08601529
- Lead Sponsor
- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium Für Bildung und Forschung [BMBF])
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 470
Inclusion Criteria
1. Objective left- or bi-ventricular heart failure with an ejection fraction of 40% or less (affirmation of the limitation of the heart with echocardiography, no older then six months)
2. Age =40 years
3. Stability of the disease at the point of time of inclusion
Exclusion Criteria
1. Primary valvular heart disease with relevant hemodynamic effects
2. Hypertrophic obstructive/restrictive cardiomyopathy (HOCM/RCM)
3. Organ transplantation
4. Acute left ventricular failure
5. Short life expectancy due to a serious concomitant illness
6. Impaired mental state that prevents accurate answers to questions
7. Addictive disorders with continuing drug abuse despite social, legal or professional conflicts
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome is health related quality of life (Qol) of patients with heart failure measured with SF-36, scale 1 (physical functioning). Change of Qol is measured from T1 to T2.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcomes are the other dimensions: Qol of SF-36, the disease specific Qol (KCCQ), patient perceived quality of care (EUROPEP), readmission to hospital or death due to heart failure (combined), improvement of heart failure according to BNP.