Discharge Education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Reduces Re-hospitalization in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Heart Failure Clinical Trial

Official title:

Discharge Education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine Reduces Re-hospitalization in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03447392
• Other study ID #: Jguo
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 16, 2018
• Last updated: February 26, 2018
• Start date: August 21, 2017
• Est. completion date: January 8, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education alone is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.

Description:

Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 134
• Est. completion date: January 8, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: January 8, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Candidates for this study were admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of heart failure and documented left ventricular systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction<0.40).

Exclusion Criteria:

• CKD4 and CKD5

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Failure

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Discharge Education of Chinese Medicine
Discharge Education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Guangzhou	Guangdong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	total number of days hospitalized	total number of days hospitalized in the 84-day follow-up period.	84 days