Prevention of rehospitalization for heart failure by using LAVITA at home in elderly patients with repeated heart failure hospitalizations
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Patients with acute heart failure or exacerbation of heart failure who required hospitalizationD006333
- Registration Number
- JPRN-jRCT1030220584
- Lead Sponsor
- ishi Isao
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
1) Aged 70 years or older at the time of informed consent
2) Patients who have been hospitalized for heart failure more than once
3) Patients with NYHA classification II >= before discharge
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients on continuous infusion therapy with cardiotonics such as catecholamines
2) Patients in whom the 1-year observation was predicted to be impossible
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method European heart failure self-care behavior scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method BNP value, nutritional status, health-related quality of life scale, medication adherence scale, number of regular outpatient visits, number of unscheduled outpatient visits related to heart failure symptoms and reasons for visits, heart failure readmission or all-cause death