Heart Failure Circulatory System Heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
A multidisciplinary approach to patient education and counselling, optimisation of the treatments (drugs, diet, exercise), monitorisation of the electrolyte concentrations if necessary, and teaching e
Sponsors
Sardenya Primary Care Center (Spain) - in collaboration with the Catalan Foundation Institute of Pharmacology
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 400 patients recruited from four hospitals in Catalonia: Vall d?Hebron Hospital, Clínic Hospital, Dos de Maig Hospital and Vic Hospital. Inclusion Criteria: Males and females without any limit of age, discharged from the hospital with the diagnosis of heart failure following the criteria of the European Society of Cardiology.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with heart failure due to reversible causes (hyperthyroidism, tachyarrhythmia, valve disease candidate for surgery) 2. Patients with concomitant chronic disease (cancer, chronic renal failure etc.) 3. Patients with poor mental function or any other reason to expect that the patient may have difficulty in complying with the requirements of the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The combination of cardiovascular mortality and rehospitalisations (emergency room and/or hospital) at one year. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Total mortality or rehospitalisation for any reason 2. Rehospitalisation due to heart failure 3. Time until rehospitalisation 4. Days of hospitalisation 5. Quality of life related to health Statistical models to be used will be survival analysis and Cox regression. | — |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed