Feasibility research to determine acceptability and the benefits of nurse consultations in addition to those with physicians to support self-care and care by health care professionals in persons with heart failure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic heart failure; Circulatory System; Heart failure, unspecified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10151805
• Lead Sponsor: HFR Fribourg

Brief Summary

2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37370176/ (added 28/06/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-10-04
• Study Completion: 2021-08-12
• Last Update Posted: 10 July 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. =18y of age
2. Diagnosed with HF in NYHA functional classes II-IV
3. Hospitalized in HFR Fribourg internal medicine for decompensated HF or another reason
4. History of hospitalization due to HF decompensation during the previous 6 months
5. Fluent in French or German

Exclusion Criteria

Current exclusion criteria as of 11/12/2020:

1. Imminently life-threatening illness
2. Short anticipated survival
3. Dementia
4. Complicating serious comorbidity (e.g., untreated psychiatric illness, untreated malignancy)
5. Cognitive impairment that would preclude written informed consent
6. Patients with COVID-19
7. Patients with a positive Sars-CoV2 test result
8. Patients with a positive anamnesis regarding Sars-CoV2 infection while waiting for the test result

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Previous exclusion criteria:

1. Imminently life-threatening illness
2. Short anticipated survival
3. Dementia
4. Complicating serious comorbidity (e.g., untreated psychiatric illness, untreated malignancy)
5. Cognitive impairment that would preclude written informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified