Prevention of rehospitalization for heart failure by using LAVITA at home in elderly patients with repeated heart failure hospitalizations

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-jRCT1030220584

Enrollment

Registered

2023-01-22

Start date

2023-01-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Patients with acute heart failure or exacerbation of heart failure who required hospitalization

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Aged 70 years or older at the time of informed consent 2) Patients who have been hospitalized for heart failure more than once 3) Patients with NYHA classification II >= before discharge

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients on continuous infusion therapy with cardiotonics such as catecholamines 2) Patients in whom the 1-year observation was predicted to be impossible

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
European heart failure self-care behavior scale	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
BNP value, nutritional status, health-related quality of life scale, medication adherence scale, number of regular outpatient visits, number of unscheduled outpatient visits related to heart failure symptoms and reasons for visits, "heart failure readmission or all-cause death"	—

Contacts

Public ContactIsao Nishi

Kamisu Saiseikai Hospital

isanishi@md.tsukuba.ac.jp+81-299-97-2111

Outcome results