Enhancing Heart Failure Self-Care

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Failure

• Registration Number: NCT00526773
• Lead Sponsor: Christiana Care Health Services

Brief Summary

To test the effectiveness of a motivational intervention compared with standard patient education in improving economic and clinical outcomes in patients enrolled in an existing heart failure (HF) disease management program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01
• Study First Submitted: 2007-09-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-09-05
• Study First Posted: 2007-09-10
• Primary Completion: 2008-12
• Study Completion: 2008-12
• Status Verified: 2010-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-10-11
• Last Update Posted: 2010-10-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Chronic heart failure, hospitalized for heart failure or hospitalized for heart failure within the past 30 days, speak and read English

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe renal failure requiring dialysis, HIV-AIDS, psychosis, uncorrected hearing loss

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To test the effectiveness of a motivational intervention compared with standard patient education in improving economic and clinical outcomes in patients enrolled in HF disease management.	12 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Christiana Care Health System; 🇺🇸 Newark, Delaware, United States