The Impact of a Heart Failure Review on Self-Care Knowledge, Adherence and Clinical Outcomes
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Heart Failure
- Sponsor
- Creighton University
- Enrollment
- 57
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- number of hospitalizations
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study is assessing the effects of a new heart failure self-care education program in the Nebraska Heart Institute Heart Improvement Clinic. The new education program will consist of an initial intensive self-care education session with the Principal Investigator or her nurse practitioner. Topics to be discussed include medications, sodium and fluid consumption, alcohol restriction, exercise, preventive behaviors, and monitoring of signs and symptoms. As recommended in the ACCF/AHA guidelines, this education will be repeated on an annual basis as studies have shown that the impact of HF education is not always durable and must be a continual process. This study will assess the impact of this review on their medication knowledge, disease state knowledge, quality of life, disease state progression and clinical outcomes such as ejection fraction and number of hospitalizations.
Detailed Description
This is an observational study as all patients in the heart failure clinic, regardless of whether or not they will choose to be in the study, will receive heart failure self-care education from now on.
Investigators
Katie Packard
Co-Investigator
Creighton University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Males and females ages 19 and older
- •Able to speak, read and understand English and able to understand and provide informed consent
- •Diagnosis of cardiomyopathy and/or HF, preserved or reduced ejection fraction
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients not-responsible for self-care.
- •Inability to provide written informed consent.
- •Co-morbid condition with an expected survival of less than six months.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
number of hospitalizations
Time Frame: 12 months
Secondary Outcomes
- ejection fraction(12 months)
- change in heart failure medication knowledge(12 months)