Heart Failure
Conditions
Keywords
heart failure, nutrition app, evidence-based nutrition recommendations, guideline-based nutrition app, app-based dietary intervention
Brief summary
Measuring the impact of a guideline-based nutrition digital tool in heart failure patients
Detailed description
The goal of this research clinical trial is to learn understand or learn whether a guideline-based nutrition application (app) called MedChefs can help heart failure patients adopt and sustain an evidence-based dietary patterns.
Interventions
OTHERMedChef App
Once patients have been randomized to the MedChefs arm, they will be contacted by the research team and sent an email link to use the MedChefs app. The research team will contact the patient based on their preferred contact method and will walk through how to use the app and share education on its use.
OTHERMedChefs and Instacart food voucher
Once patients have been randomized to the MedChefs arm and voucher arm, they will be contacted by the research team and sent an email link to use the MedChefs app. The research team will contact the patient based on their preferred contact method and will walk through how to use the app and share education on its use and use of Instacart food vouchers. Patients will also be given a $100 voucher to buy food recommended by the app. Vouchers will be provided once a month for the 6 months of the study
Sponsors
Sutter Health
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
FACTORIAL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 89 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* 18-89 years old at time of enrollment * Any type of Heart failure diagnosis (e.g., I50.x) between 1/1/2023-present * Recent hospital admission (within a year) * Race/ethnicity: All race/ethnic groups * Location: patients have been treated in the Greater East Bay division and Greater Silicon Valley division areas. * Patients with have at least 1 office/outpatient visit with a primary care physician or cardiologist visit before index date
Exclusion criteria
* • Patients with certain patient history (cognitive disabilities) and end stage renal or metastatic cancer diagnosis * Patients with active drug/substance use. Patients with heart failure who have active substance use are excluded from the study. HF patients with substance use require additional monitoring and follow up due to potential severe withdrawal symptoms, acute HF exacerbation and drug overdose or medication errors. Standard protocol includes additional monitor vital signs (e.g., blood pressure, heart rate) and HF symptoms (e.g., edema, dyspnea), and performing regular laboratory tests (e.g., renal function, electrolytes) which is beyond the clinical and logistical capabilities of this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blood Pressure | Baseline and 6 months | Blood pleasure will be measure by mmHg |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | Baseline and 6 months | Weight will be measured in pounds |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed