Effect of an education and counselling programme on self-care and care dependency in patients with heart failure

Not Applicable

• Conditions: I50; Heart failure

• Registration Number: DRKS00003159
• Lead Sponsor: niversitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad KrozingenPflegedirektion

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07-25
• Study Completion: 2014-01-02
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

Chronic systolic heart failure with
LVEF <=40
NYHA II-IV

Exclusion Criteria

First time heart failure; hospitalisation within 14 days prior enrolment;disorientation towards time/place/person/situation; dementia; not able to sufficiently read/understand German; discharge to another department/hospital/reghabilitation center; life expectancy < 3 months according to attending physician; ICD/CRT implantation within 3 months prior enrolment; heart surgery (Valve surgery, CABG) within 3 months prior enrolment; age under 18 years; no telefon connection; decline to participate; participation in a study with similar aim

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-care measured with the German version of the 9-item European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale (at time of enrolment and after three months).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Care dependency measured with the Care dependency scale<br>Quality of life measured with the Kansas City Cardiomyopathie Questionnaire (at time of enrolment and after three months).<br>