Evaluating the impact of a new nurse led service for people with chronic heart failure who are hospitalised, due to worsening symptoms - a randomised controlled trial
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic Heart FailureCirculatory SystemHeart failure
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN44159497
- Lead Sponsor
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 170
Inclusion Criteria
Main diagnosis of Heart Failure as demonstrated on echocardiogram - using the European Society of Cardiology guidelines and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients already exposed to a nurse led heart failure clinic
2. Patients unable to visit the clinic
3. Patients with dementia or other psychiatric disorder
4. Patients with a short anticipated survival (e.g. malignancy)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method