Development and evaluation of a nurse-based counselling concept to promote self-care skills concerning thirst in hospitalized patients with advanced chronic heart failure waiting for a heart transplantation - Second and third study phase
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- I50Heart failure
- Registration Number
- DRKS00031440
- Lead Sponsor
- Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
Before-After-Study:
- advanced chronic heart failure
- screening for transplantation
- hospital stay (expected > 14 days),
- understanding and speaking the German language
- available written consent
Exclusion Criteria
Before-After-Study:
- Disorientation
- Ventilation
- Terminal phase
- (L-)VAD implantation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Before-after study:<br>Thirst intensity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Before-after study:<br>Thirst distress, thirst frequency, dry mouth, health-related quality of life, depression and anxiety, satisfaction with information sharing, level of informedness, perceived involvement in care, experience with counselling on thirst