The effect of education on Self-Care behaviors & readmission of patients with heart failure
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Heart Failure.Heart Failure
- Registration Number
- IRCT201107041464N4
- Lead Sponsor
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Inclusion Criteria :
18 years or older patients who were hospitalized because of congestive heart failure; to have echocardiography form (EF lesser than 40%); talking in Turkish or Persian; consciousness at reception; accessibility after release by phone call; agreement with training at release time and self care pursuit; not to accompany at another study.
Exclusion Criteria :
death of patients; disagreement with continuance of pursuit; long time journey after release from hospital up to 6 months; to have acute and progressive disease other than congestive heart failure and distinguished mental disorder.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-care behavior. Timepoint: each month until three month. Method of measurement: based on self-care behaviour index tools.;Readmission. Timepoint: Each month until three month. Method of measurement: Rate of admission to the hospital with worsen of heart failur.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visit of physician. Timepoint: each month until three month. Method of measurement: rate of referal to the physician fore worsen of heart failur.;Costs of treatment. Timepoint: Each month until three month. Method of measurement: Rate of costs for readmissions and visit of physician.