Cost-effectiveness of a management program after hospital discharge in older patients with heart failure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heart failure in the elderly; Circulatory System; Heart failure

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10823032
• Lead Sponsor: Our Lady of the Mountain Hospital, Caceres (Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Montaña) (Spain)

Brief Summary

2018 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34674493/ (added 28/10/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2010-11-30
• Study Start: 2012-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 7 November 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 117

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients aged over 65
2. Discharged home or to a nursing home without medical staff after a hospitalization due to heart failure of at least 48 hours of hospital stay (determined according to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Planned discharge to a long-term care facility or nursing home with medical staff
2. Severe dementia or other serious psychiatric illness
3. Confined to bed
4. Anticipated survival of less than 6 months
5. Foreseeable follow-up problems such as residence outside the hospital catchment area
6. Refusal to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified