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Nurse-led Educational Intervention on Heart Failure Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Registration Number
NCT05480969
Lead Sponsor
Attikon Hospital
Brief Summary

A randomized controlled study to examine the effect of a nurse-led, home/telephone or telephone-only educational intervention on outcomes of heart failure patients and their caregivers.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
73
Inclusion Criteria
  • Written informed consent
  • Men or women aged ≥18 years old.
  • Hospitalized for new-onset or decompensated chronic heart failure.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any severe neuromuscular disease or other disability or mobility problems that preclude performance of six-minute walk test.
  • Any severe cognitive dysfunction or psychiatric disease that limit ability to receive education.
  • Patients unable to be contacted by phone or other means.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in the Clinical Summary Score from baseline to month 6 by Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) Greek versionBaseline, 6 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in the Self-rating Depression Scale-SDS (Greek version) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in plasma levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in the EuroQol Health-Related Quality of Life Questionnaire EQ-5D three-level version (EQ-5D-3L) (Greek version) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) (Greek version) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Greek version) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS-9) (Greek version) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in the Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale Greek version from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in exercise capacity (6 minute walking test - 6MWT) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Change in the Caregiver Guilt Questionnaire (CGQ) (Greek version) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6
Time to the first occurrence of a composite of all-cause death or heart failure hospitalizationTime from randomization to first occurrence (up to 6 months)
Change of the Heart Failure-Caregiver Questionnaire (HF-CQ) (Greek version) from baseline to month 6Baseline, month 6

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Attikon University Hospital

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Chaidari, Attica, Greece

Attikon University Hospital
🇬🇷Chaidari, Attica, Greece

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