Does Symptom Recognition Improve Self-care in Patients With Heart Failure. A Growth Latent Model
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Heart Failure
- Sponsor
- Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
- Enrollment
- 63
- Primary Endpoint
- Self-care behaviors
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Describe a behaviour intervention to analyse self-care engagement in heart failure patients. Allocate patients with heart failure into 2 arms study: a control group and an intervention group.
Detailed Description
According to medical record at admission, a pilot study was described and included 63 patients in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II-III. Patients were recruited in a hospital setting after discharge from a heart failure unit. Patients were allocated into a control group (n=33) and an intervention group (n=30) through the computerised random allocation generator at http://random.org. The pilot study was performed during three months per patient, with four moments of assessment (baseline, first-week follow-up, first-month follow-up, third-month follow-up).
Investigators
Joana Sousa
PhD
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •adults aged \>18 years old, with diagnosed HF and with no cognitive disability associated.
Exclusion Criteria
- •patients placed on the heart transplant waiting list and patients in class IV NYHA.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Self-care behaviors
Time Frame: up to 3 months
Analyze if self-care behaviors are improved
Symptom recognition
Time Frame: up to 3 months
Awareness by a person of the body changes and how they can affect him/her
Emergency and Hospital admissions
Time Frame: up to 3 months
Report if patients with Heart Failure are admitted into hospital or emergency room