Heart Failure Circulatory System Complications and ill-defined descriptions of heart disease
Conditions
Interventions
Participants will be randomised to either the nurse facilitated cognitive behavioural self-management programme or usual care from the heart failure nurse, with the same manual of information produced
Sponsors
University of York (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who have a definitive diagnosis of symptomatic heart failure (left ventricular systolic dysfunction [LVSD]) as defined by ECHO, clinical diagnosis or coronary angiography within the past 24 months.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. There is written case record of cognitive deficits 2. They are unable to make decisions about their own care 3. They are unable to give informed consent 4. They are unable to read English 5. They are living in nursing homes 6. If the patient has a life-threatening concomitant condition
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome is patient re-admission/admission to hospital within 12 months of randomisation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Patient-related measures: 1.1. Minnesota Living with Heart Failure 1.2. EQ5D 1.3. Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale 1.4. European self-care form 1.5. Cardiac beliefs questionnaire 1.6. Patient satisfaction 2. Carer-related measures: 2.1. Caregiving Demands Scale 2.2. EQ5D | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed