Understanding delivery of a new home rehabilitation programme for people with heart failure and their caregivers in Scotland

Implementation of an evidence-based home cardiac rehabilitation programme for heart failure patients and their caregivers in Scotland

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN53784122

Enrollment

210

Registered

2020-07-16

Start date

2021-01-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-02-13

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Conditions

Heart failure (reduced ejection fraction) Circulatory System Heart failure

Interventions

140 people with heart failure and their caregivers, recruited from 4 Beacon Sites across Scotland, participate in REACH-HF 12-week home cardiac rehabilitation programme, overseen by trained facilitato

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or over 2. Confirmed diagnosis of systolic (reduced ejection fraction) heart failure within the past five years 3. Have experienced no deterioration of HF symptoms in the preceding two weeks resulting in hospitalisation or alteration of HF medication 4. Deemed suitable for CR by their local clinical team 5. For caregivers: must be a caregiver to the person with heart failure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Undertaken CR in the preceding 12 months 2. Has medical contraindications to exercise testing or training 3. Is in a long-term care establishment, or unwilling/unable to travel to research assessments or accommodate home visits 4. Is unable to understand the study information or unable to complete the outcome questionnaires

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Effect of heart failure on life measured using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (baseline and 4 month follow up)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
At baseline and 4 month follow up: Patient outcomes: 1. Generic quality of life (EQ-5D-5L) 2. Anxiety and depression measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 3. Patient-reported outcome measure for cardiac rehab (PROM-CR) 4. Exercise capacity (incremental shuttle walk test) 5. Hospitalisations and primary care contacts (number, reason, duration) 6. Adverse events (e.g. skeletomuscular injury) 7. Health literacy (Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)) Caregiver outcomes: 8. Generic quality of life (EQ-5D-5L) 9. Psychological wellbeing (HADS) 10. Family Caregiver Quality of Life Scale questionnaire (FamQol) 11. Caregiver Burden Questionnaire HF (CBQ-HF) 12. Caregiver Contribution to Self-care of HF Index questionnaire (CC-SCHFI)	—

Measure

Time frame

At baseline and 4 month follow up: Patient outcomes: 1. Generic quality of life (EQ-5D-5L) 2. Anxiety and depression measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) 3. Patient-reported outcome measure for cardiac rehab (PROM-CR) 4. Exercise capacity (incremental shuttle walk test) 5. Hospitalisations and primary care contacts (number, reason, duration) 6. Adverse events (e.g. skeletomuscular injury) 7. Health literacy (Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ)) Caregiver outcomes: 8. Generic quality of life (EQ-5D-5L) 9. Psychological wellbeing (HADS) 10. Family Caregiver Quality of Life Scale questionnaire (FamQol) 11. Caregiver Burden Questionnaire HF (CBQ-HF) 12. Caregiver Contribution to Self-care of HF Index questionnaire (CC-SCHFI)

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Countries

Scotland, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 17, 2026