Chronic Heart Failure Circulatory System Heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Nurse intervention will include two visits from the Heart Failure Specialist Nurse or Nurse Consultant during the patients in-patient stay, telephone contact will be made within one week of discharge
Sponsors
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Main diagnosis of Heart Failure as demonstrated on echocardiogram - using the European Society of Cardiology guidelines and National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients already exposed to a nurse led heart failure clinic 2. Patients unable to visit the clinic 3. Patients with dementia or other psychiatric disorder 4. Patients with a short anticipated survival (e.g. malignancy)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of episodes of readmission with main diagnosis of heart failure and bed days utilized over a 12 month period. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Use of appropriate medication 2. Self care management strategies 3. Quality of life 4. Patient illness perceptions | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed