Discharge Education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Reduces Re-hospitalization in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

February 26, 2018 updated by: Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education alone is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

134

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

  • China
    • Guangdong
      • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510405
        • Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

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

40 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Candidates for this study were admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure and documented left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction<0.40).

Exclusion Criteria:

  • CKD4 and CKD5

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: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: patient education and Chinese medicine
1-hour, one-on-one teaching session with a educator to the standard discharge education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Behavioral: Discharge Education of Chinese Medicine
Discharge Education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
No Intervention: patient education
no discharge education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
total number of days hospitalized
Time Frame: 84 days
total number of days hospitalized in the 84-day follow-up period.
84 days

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Xu ZOU, The Second Clinical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 21, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 8, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

January 8, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 16, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 26, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

February 27, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

February 27, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 26, 2018

Last Verified

February 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Jguo

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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