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Building Skill in Heart Failure Self-care: A Community Based Intervention

Phase 1
Completed
Conditions
Heart Failure
Interventions
Behavioral: group-based skill building self-care program
Registration Number
NCT01894750
Lead Sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to pilot and feasibility test an innovative cognitive behavioral intervention to improve heart failure self-care among community dwelling older adults.The primary aim of this study is to test the effect of the intervention on improving heart failure self-care, knowledge and Health related quality of life at 1 month and 3 months. We will test three hypotheses comparing 60 older adults with heart failure randomly assigned to either the intervention or a control group:

Hypothesis 1. Participants in the intervention group will have significantly improved heart failure self-care than control participants.

Hypothesis 2. Participants in the intervention group will have significantly improved knowledge about heart failure and heart failure self-care than control participants.

Hypothesis 3. Participants in the intervention group will have significantly better Health Related Quality of Life than control participants.

A secondary exploratory aim is to assess and describe implementation feasibility of providing a heart failure self-care intervention in a community group setting.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria
  • diagnosis of chronic HF
  • able to read and speak English or Spanish
  • over age 50
Exclusion Criteria
  • history of prior neurological event (e.g., stroke, head injury, encephalopathy) that could cause dementia
  • unable to perform tests or participate in the intervention session (e.g., inability to communicate verbally, major visual impairment, or severe and uncorrected hearing loss).
  • living in a nursing home or other long term care facility

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
skill bulding Inteventiongroup-based skill building self-care programgroup-based skill building self-care program
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in baseline heart failure self-care score at one monthChange from baseline heart failure self-care at 1 month

Heart failure self-care is measured by the valid and reliable instrument the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index. Change in scores from baseline at one month will be assessed.

Change in baseline heart failure self-care score at 3 monthsChange from baseline heart failure self-care at 3 months

Heart failure self-care is measured by the valid and reliable instrument the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index. Change in scores from baseline to 3 months will be assessed.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in baseline Heart failure knowledge score at 3 monthChange in baseline Heart failure knowledge score at 3 month

Heart failure knowledge will be measured using the valid and reliable Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge survey. Changes in total heart failure knowledge score from baseline to 3 months will be assessed.

Change in baseline Heart failure knowledge score at 1 monthChange in baseline Heart failure knowledge score at 1 month

Heart failure knowledge will be measured using the valid and reliable Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge survey. Changes in total score from baseline at 1 month will be assessed.

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

NYU Langone Medical Center

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New York, New York, United States

Bellevue Hospital

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New York, New York, United States

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