Heart Failure
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group:Education to the health care team and patients
Intervention group:Provision of free vaccine on the day of discharge
Intervention group:Provision of immunization service inside hospital on the day of discharge
Sponsors
Heart Health Research Center (HHRC)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for research institutions: 1. Be able to receive, treat and recruit patients with heart failure; 2. More than 40 patients with heart failure could be treated every month during the recruitment period; 3. Medical team members are willing to cooperate in this study, and can control the loss of follow-up rate = 18 years) who were discharged from the participating hospitals and diagnosed with heart failure during the whole recruitment period; 2. Patients with NYHA classification III-IV during hospitalization; 3. The patients who voluntarily participated in the study signed the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Site exclusion criteria: 1.Participating in vaccination-related or other HF patient outcome improvement programs that might confound study outcomes. Patient exclusion criteria: 1.Known allergy to influenza vaccine; 2.Pregnant women.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Influenza vaccine coverage rate (VCR); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of patients recruited during study period;Rate of patient follow-up;Death or readmission for HF over 3 months follow-up; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXin Du
George Heart Health Institute of Beijing Heart Association
Outcome results
None listed