Rehabilitation enablement in chronic heart failure: a feasibility study

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)0 个研究点目标入组 24 人开始时间: 2014年3月13日最近更新: 2020年8月31日

适应症

试验速览

•1. Adults (aged =18 years)
•2. Patients who have a confirmed diagnosis of systolic HF on echocardiography (i.e. left ventricular ejection fraction <45%) within the last 5 years.
•3. Patients who have been clinically stable for at least 2 weeks and in receipt of medical treatment for HF.
•4. Patients deemed suitable for exercise, and who do not have a contraindication to exercise, as adjudged by the site Principal Investigator in collaboration with the local clinical team (with reference to the Amercian Heart Association 2013 guidelines).
•5. Provision of informed consent to participate.
•Patient's caregivers aged 18 years or older may participate if the meet the following definition: ?Someone who provides unpaid support to a family member or friend with heart failure who is enrolled in the study'.
•Intervention nurses will only participate following completion of the HF Manual training course and the provision of informed consent to provide study data.

•1. Patients who have undertaken cardiac rehabilitation (CR) within the last 12 months
•2. Patients who have received an ICD or CRT or combined CRT/ICD device implanted in the last 6 months.
•3. Patients who are in a long-term care establishment or who are unwilling or unable to travel to research assessments or accommodate home visits.
•4. Patients who are unable to read English.
•5. Patients judged to be unable to participate in the study for any other reason e.g. psychiatric disorder, diagnosis of dementia, life threatening co-morbidity

发起方

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)