Management of Patients With HF by Using Educational or Educational & Telephone or Telephone Interventions and Support in Cyprus — MEETTinCY  

Heart Failure Clinical Trial

Official title: The Effectiveness of Multiple Nursing Interventions, for Promoting Heart Failure Self-care, on Patients' Quality of Life and Heart Failure Outcomes: A Randomized Control Trial.

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The current trial aims to examine the effectiveness of three different types of nursing interventions, on heart failure (HF) patients' quality of life and on HF outcomes, compared to the usual care. The interventions include promotion of self-care practices through education and support; they are either provided before discharge, post-discharge through telephone, or both.

Clinical Trial Description

The current trial aims to examine the effectiveness of three different types of nursing interventions, on heart failure (HF) patients' quality of life and on HF outcomes, compared to the usual care. The interventions include promotion of self-care practices through education and support. HF patients admitted in the public hospitals of the Cyprus Republic are screened for eligibility. Consented patients who meet the inclusion criteria are recruited before their discharge, and are randomly allocated to one of the four groups of the trial. Patients of the three intervention groups receive educational intervention and support, before discharge or post-discharge through telephone, or both. Patients of the fourth group receive the usual care (control group). The patients' follow up period is 3 months. The main purpose of the study is to determine whether the combination of predischarge education/support and tele-management is more efficient in improving HF outcomes, rather than the in-person and telephonic components alone. Outcome measures include quality of life and HF events (re-admissions and death) and time to HF event. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Supportive Care

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Heart Failure

• NCT number: NCT01905176
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Cyprus University of Technology
• Contact: Ekaterini Lambrinou, PhD
• Phone: +35799255576
• Email: ekaterini.lambrinou@cut.ac.cy
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2010
• Completion date: May 2014