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- Clinical Trial NCT03606304
Problem-solving to Improve Depressive Symptoms and Self- Care Among Recently Hospitalized Adults With Heart Failure
Using Problem-solving Intervention (PST-HF) to Improve Depressive Symptoms and Self- Care Ability Among Recently Hospitalized Older Patients With Heart Failure: A Feasibility Study
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Depressive symptoms and impaired self-care respectively occur in up to 58% and 80% of older hospitalized patients with heart failure, and each doubles the risk of rehospitalization. These two conditions are closely intertwined with shared core behaviors/experiences, i.e., hopelessness/negative expectation, loss of motivation, impaired problem-solving skills, and social isolation/poor social support. As such, integrated interventions that explicitly address both depressive symptoms and impaired HF self-care are more efficacious than interventions that focus on depressive symptoms or HF self-care alone. In separate studies, problem-solving therapy (PST) has been effective to improve depressive symptoms and self-care for heart disease in older adults, including those with mild cognitive impairment. Though promising, there is no evidence regarding PST efficacy in addressing both depressive symptoms and self-care in HF patients. This is due to 1) sample heterogeneity, as only 18% to 77% of the subjects in prior studies had HF, and 2) separate interventional foci, as HF information was not used to link depressed mood to impaired self-care. Characteristics of hospitalized HF patients such as timing and cognitive function were also not considered. The first three months after hospital discharge is the period when depressive symptoms are most likely to change and when impaired HF self-care is mostly likely to lead to rehospitalization. Moreover, more than half (54%) of older depressed HF patients have mild cognitive impairment that can lead to dementia, especially in the context of impaired self-care, uncontrolled HF and restricted cerebral blood flow. However, no PST interventions have been specifically provided in the post-discharge period or among HF patients with mild cognitive impairment. To date, there is no evidence regarding the efficacy of integrated PST interventions on both depressive symptoms and impaired self-care in HF patients after hospital discharge.
The ultimate goal of this research program is to prevent rehospitalization in HF patients using integrated PST interventions to simultaneously improve depressive symptoms and self-care. Built on the investigator's prior work with depressive symptoms in home health care (HHC), this study will examine the feasibility of a home-based, telephone-enhanced PST intervention (PST-HF) in these patients after hospital discharge.
Study Type
Phase
- Not Applicable
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- age ≥ 65;
- having a primary diagnosis of HF (New York Heart Association [NYHA] Class I, II, III) of the index hospitalization;
- having clinically significant depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 score≥10) at both hospital discharge and four weeks after hospital discharge;
- inadequate HF self-care ability (any domain score in the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index [SCHFI]≤70/100); and
- having normal or mildly impaired cognitive function (score of Montreal Cognitive Assessment [MoCA]: 23-30).
Exclusion Criteria:
- being listed for an implanted ventricular assist device, heart transplant or currently receiving Milrinone infusion (indicating decompensated HF);
- receiving hospice care or end-of-life care;
- having diagnoses of the following, a) delirium or advanced Alzheimer's disease, b) malignant cancer, coronary artery disease requiring surgery or angioplasty, renal disease on dialysis in the present or within the past two years, c) severe psychotic disorder or suicidal ideation (or scored "0" in PHQ-9 item #9);
- initiation or titration of antidepressants in the past 8 weeks; or
- inability to give informed consent and/or to communicate verbally in English.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Problem-solving therapy
The intervention is based on an established PST protocol for medical patients, with an additional focus on HF to link depressed mood to impaired HF self-care.
Seven steps are included: 1) select and define the problem; 2) establish realistic and achievable goals for problem resolutions; 3) generate multiple solution alternatives (brainstorming); 4) implement decision-making guidelines (pros and cons); 5) evaluate and choose the solutions; 6) implement the preferred solution(s); and 7) evaluate the outcome.
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See previous
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Problem-solving skills
Time Frame: 6 months post-discharge
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problem solving skills as measured by the Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised (Short) SPSI-R:S: There are 25 items measuring 5 components: Positive Problem Orientation, Negative Problem Orientation, Rational Problem Solving, Impulsivity/Carelessness Style, and Avoidance Style.
Validated norms are provided by age group and raw scores are plotted for conversion to standard scores.
Higher scores reflect greater intensity of the construct measured.
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6 months post-discharge
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Behavioral Activation for Depression
Time Frame: 6 months post-discharge
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Behavioral activation as measured by the Behavioral Activation for Depression Scale-Short Form (BADS-SF): ( item instrument with scores ranging from 0=not at all to 6=completely.
Item scores are summed and higher scores indicate increased activation.
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6 months post-discharge
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Depressive symptoms
Time Frame: 6 months post-discharge
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Depressive symptoms as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9): 9 items with item anchors of 0=Not at all to 3=nearly every day; scale scores range from 0-27 with higher scores indicating greater depressive symptoms
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6 months post-discharge
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Depressive symptoms
Time Frame: 6 months post-discharge
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Depressive symptoms as measured by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D): Scores are based on 17 items with higher scores indicative or higher depressive symptoms.
Scores 0-7 are classified as "normal"; 8-13="mild depression"; 14-18="moderate depression"; 19-22="severe depression; and >=23="very severe depression"
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6 months post-discharge
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Heart Failure Self-care
Time Frame: 6 months post-discharge
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Heart failure self-care as measured by the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI): There are 3 scales: Self-Care Maintenance, Self-Care Management, and Self-Care Confidence.
Self-Care Maintenance (10 items) assess self-care behaviors and each item is scored from 1=Never/rarely to 4=Always/daily.
The Self-Care Management scale has 7 items.
Item #11 is scored from 0=I did not recognize it to 4=Very quickly; item #s12-15 are scored from 1=Not likely to 4=Very likely; and item #16 is scored from 0=I did not try anything to 4=Very sure.
The Self-Care Confidence scale has 6 items scored from 1=not confident to 4=extremely confident.
All scales scores are standardized yileding scores ranging from 0 to 100.
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6 months post-discharge
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Director: Tiffany Gommel, MS, CIM, CIP, University of Rochester
Study record dates
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Study Record Updates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- SON2018-002
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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