Enhancing Heart Failure Self-Care

October 11, 2010 updated by: Christiana Care Health Services
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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Delaware
      • Newark, Delaware, United States, 19718
        • Christiana Care Health System

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 95 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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 Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: 1
Telephone management plus a motivational intervention
Other: telephone management plus a motivational intervention
heart failure intervention
Other: 2
Telephone management with standard patient education
Other: telephone management with standard patient education
heart failure intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
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.
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Christiana Care Health Services

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Barbara Reigel, DNSc, RN, CS, FAAN, University of Pennsylvania

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2008

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2008

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 5, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 5, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

September 10, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 13, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 11, 2010

Last Verified

October 1, 2010

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CCC27020

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