A randomised controlled trial of a self-management programme for people with heart failure and their family carers
Completed
- Conditions
- Heart FailureCirculatory SystemComplications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN84692046
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of York (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 720
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who have a definitive diagnosis of symptomatic heart failure (left ventricular systolic dysfunction [LVSD]) as defined by ECHO, clinical diagnosis or coronary angiography within the past 24 months.
Exclusion Criteria
1. There is written case record of cognitive deficits
2. They are unable to make decisions about their own care
3. They are unable to give informed consent
4. They are unable to read English
5. They are living in nursing homes
6. If the patient has a life-threatening concomitant condition
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome is patient re-admission/admission to hospital within 12 months of randomisation.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Patient-related measures:<br>1.1. Minnesota Living with Heart Failure<br>1.2. EQ5D<br>1.3. Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale<br>1.4. European self-care form<br>1.5. Cardiac beliefs questionnaire<br>1.6. Patient satisfaction<br><br>2. Carer-related measures:<br>2.1. Caregiving Demands Scale<br>2.2. EQ5D