Self-management and congestive heart failure: a randomized controlled trial to improve health-behavior and health-related quality of life by increasing self-efficacy expectancies in congestive heart failure patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Congestive heart failureCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN88363287
- Lead Sponsor
- CAPHRI, The Research Institute of the University Maastricht (The Netherlands)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 318
Inclusion Criteria
1. Extent of congestive heart failure (CHF): systolic CHF; LVEF <40% (NYHA 2-3) or diastolic CHF (NYHA 2-3 + additional hospital admission ?Decompensatio Cordis? after being diagnosed with CHF)
2. Diagnosis of CHF at least 3 months ago to include only stable patients (an additional 3 months before the start of the intervention sums up to 6 months)
3. Ability to understand/write/speak Dutch
Exclusion Criteria
Participation in other scientific research
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method