Rehabilitation EnAblement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Primary Care Research Network for England, Cardiovascular; Subtopic: Not Assigned, Cardiovascular (all Subtopics); Disease: All Diseases, Heart Failure; Circulatory System

• Registration Number: ISRCTN25032672
• Lead Sponsor: Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)

Brief Summary

2016 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27965855 2020 process evaluation in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31377692/ (added 21/08/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-03-13
• Study Completion: 2014-10-04
• Last Update Posted: 31 August 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Feasibility and acceptability of intervention delivery and proposed outcomes battery.<br> Methods for data collection will include qualitative methods e.g. interviews with patients, carers and intervention faciltators, recording of intervention nurse and patient interactions and qualitative outcomes e.g. recruitment and attrition rate, patient and carer satisfaction questionnaires. These outcomes will be assessed over the 3 months of the study.<br>