Chronic heart failure
Conditions
Interventions
Smartphone app. group
Usual care group (Control group)
Sponsors
Institute of Health Science Innovation for Medical Care, Hokkaido University Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with chronic heart failure who have a history of hospital admission due to congestive heart failure diagnosed by the Framingham criteria
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) A patient who cannot use smartphone application 2) A patient who has a history of hospitalization within the past 1 month 3) A patient who has a history of surgery including percutaneous coronary intervention within the past 3 months 4) A patient with a malignant disease except for a complete cure 5) A patient with severe renal failure (eGFR<15mL/min/1.73m2) or a dialysis patient 6) A patient with severe aortic valve stenosis 7) A patient with ventricular assist device (VAD) 8) A patient who has a plan to hospitalization due to surgery or examination at the time of study participation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| All-cause death, hospitalization for heart failure worsening, and improvement of quality of life (composite endpoints) for 12 months of study period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) All-cause death 2) Heart failure-related death 3) All-cause hospitalization 4) Hospitalization for heart failure worsening 5) Number of days before first hospitalization 6) Number of hospitalization and length of hospital stay 7) Number of extraordinary visit due to bad physical condition 8) Quality of life 9) Plasma levels of BNP (or NT-proBNP) 10) NYHA class 11) Neutritional status 12) Self-care behavior ability 13) Self-efficacy 14) Anxiety 15) Medical cost 16) Predictors of onset of cardiovascular events | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactTakashi Yokota
Hokkaido University Hospital Institute of Health Science Innovation for Medical Care
Outcome results
None listed