PROspective MEmory Training to improve HEart failUre Self-care: a randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Prospective memory; Heart failure; Cardiovascular - Coronary heart disease; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000575639
• Lead Sponsor: Australian Catholic University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 260

Inclusion Criteria

HF patient participant: Diagnosis of heart failure confirmed by cardiologist and Australian guidelines; Attending either a heart failure clinic or disease management program; Access to a PC and having basic PC skills

60 Control participants will be matched by age, gender and education level to HF patient participants. living independently in the community; have no medical diagnosis of HF on self-report; adequate performance on the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised (ACE-R)

Care participants will be identified by the Heart Failure participants; They must be able and willing to answer questions, they have not have a documented history of moderate to severe cognitive impairment or dementia; have not have a terminal diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria

HF patient participant: Inadequate vision, hearing or English comprehension; Receiving long-term residential care; Documented history of moderate to severe cognitive impairment; a myocardial infarction, stroke or cardiac surgery in previous 3 months.
Healthy controls: residing in a long-term high care facility (nursing home); moderate-to-severe cognitive impairment or dementia, a self-reported cardiac event within the past six months (cerebrovascular accident, acute myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified