Heart Fialure. Heart Failure
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Education on living well with heart failure based on booklet prepared by Australian Heart Foundation and using weight and shortness of breath self- monitoring chart
Behavior
Intervention group: Education on living well with heart failure based on booklet prepared by Australian Heart Foundation and using weight and shortness of breath self- monitoring charts for two months
Control group: they receive no intervention.
Sponsors
Vice chancellor for research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 95 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion Criteria: age older than 18 years old, diagnosis of HF, availability to telephone; ability of reading and writing in Farsi language, having a working weighing scale at home; without diagnosed defect of hearing and sight; stable hemodynamic status; not smoking and drinking alcohol and addiction to substance; living with family or caregiver. Exclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of psychiatric and cognitive conditions; unavailability of patients during call follow- up stage; Filling- in self- monitoring charts for less than 60 percent; cardiac surgery, awaiting or receiving heart transplant or left ventricular assistive device.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Self-care. Timepoint: Before begining of the study and 2 months later at the end of the study. Method of measurement: Measurement of self-care by Self-Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Quality of life; and hospital reamission. Timepoint: Before initiation of the study and 2 months later at the end of the study. Method of measurement: Measurement of quality of life by Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ) ; and hospital readmission by asking patients about the number, place, treatment, chief complaints and cause of admissions during call follow- up stage. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMahin Nomali
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed