Heart Failure Self-care With the Aid of a Smartphone Application

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03194841

Acronym

HFSC

Enrollment

Registered

2017-06-21

Start date

2016-08-22

Completion date

2017-01-06

Last updated

2017-06-21

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Conditions

Heart Failure

Brief summary

The purpose of this study was the development, and testing of a HF application that was used to provide self-care support to HF patients through a smartphone device. The study appraised current available literature on HF to determine best practices for promoting self-care of HF through direct communication with individuals with HF living at home. For the purpose of this study, smart phone communication was utilized. Smart phone applications allow patients to transmit physiological data, such as weight, blood pressure, heart rate, and symptom data to healthcare providers. Using a secure website, a healthcare worker can access the information and contact the patient via the mobile phone when their data is out of normal range. This study was novel in its approach from what is traditionally offered in that it supported patient self-care decisions by promoting symptom monitoring and offered both tactical and situational skills strategies through at the point education.

Interventions

OTHERHeart failure application

A mobile phone application that allowed for input of physiologic data, qualitative question input and education retrieval along with SMS use.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

45 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* living in a non-nursing home setting * primary providers of own self-care * established diagnosis of heart failure * cognitively intact * able to speak/write English

Exclusion criteria

* not willing to use a smartphone * not exhibiting acute decompensated heart failure symptoms

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI)	two weeks	Measures how well a person monitors their symptoms, adhere to medication/diet and how confident they are in performing self-care.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Heart Failure Somatic Awareness Scale	two weeks	It determines the extent of distress associated with heart failure symptoms.

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026