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Assessment of measures to improve sleep and quality of life of patients with heart failure

Efficacy of sleep hygiene and phototherapy in sleep and quality of life measures of patients with heart failure - a clinical trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-7jd2mm
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2014-07-09
Start date
2013-04-30
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Heart failure

Interventions

Group 1-Phototherapy:Patients will be instructed to expose themselves to sunlight (with sunscreen lotion use) for 40 minutes in the first part of the morning.Group 2-Measures of Sleep Hygiene: Patient
phase-2,4 weeks after phase 1
phase-3, eight weeks after phase 1 and phase 4,twelve weeks after phase 1.
Behavioural
E02.774
F04.754.137
F02.830.855

Sponsors

Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo
Lead Sponsor
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 90 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Heart failure functional class I, II or III; have an active telephone contact; Do no pharmacological / non-pharmacological treatment for sleep improvement.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Cognitive impairment; total score in the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) < or equal to 5.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Mean difference in sleep quality score of at least 4 units compared to baseline verified by PSQI (Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index).—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Change the category of poor quality of life to good quality of life, verified by MLHFQ (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnare).—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMariana dos Santos

Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo

marifamema@yahoo.com.br+551130617504

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)