Home Care for the Patient With Heart Failure: Can Caregiver Education Prevent Hospital Admissions?

Home Care for the Patient With Heart Failure: Can Caregiver Education Prevent Hospital Admissions? A Clinical Randomized Trial.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03389841

Enrollment

434

Registered

2018-01-04

Start date

2013-08-01

Completion date

2016-04-10

Last updated

2018-01-05

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Conditions

Heart Failure

Keywords

home care services, comorbidity, heart failure, caregivers, health education, patient admission

Brief summary

The study is aimed to evaluate if the education of the caregiver is able to reduce hospital admissions of patients with heart failure assisted at home.

Detailed description

The primary objective of the study is to assess whether an educational intervention aimed at increasing the caregiver's skills is able to reduce hospital admissions for any cause in patients with heart failure assisted at home. The General Practitioners who agree to participate are randomized in two groups: a) intervention group, whose patients are assisted in accordance with the procedures established by the project; b) control group, whose patients continue to be assisted in the usual modality. The intervention consists of an educational session for each caregiver aimed at improving his ability to recognize early symptoms and signs of heart failure.

Interventions

OTHEREducation

Education of the caregiver about early symptoms and signs of heart failure

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* adults of any age and gender in NYHA (New York Heart Association) classes II, III, IV, assisted exclusively at home; * willingness and ability to sign a written informed consent; * presence of a person who cared for the patient in a prevalent and regular way; * willingness of the caregiver to attend a training meeting.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Hospital admissions for any cause	Twelve months	Hospital admissions for any cause

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Hospital admissions for cardiovascular causes	Twelve months	Hospital admissions for cardiovascular causes
Mortality for general or cardiovascular causes	Twelve months	Mortality for general or cardiovascular causes

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026