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Developing and Assessing Competencies for Caregivers and Patients With Ventricular Assist Devices

NCT00178009 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2011-02-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Discharge to the community is increasingly becoming a priority for patients implanted with a Ventricular Assist Device (VAD). Because VADs are complex, patients and caregivers often fear leaving the hospital, although their status does not require hospitalization. This project includes development of CD/video and web-based instructional programs on management of the VAD controller for patients and their caregivers (formal and informal). A clinical trial will be used to examine discharge rates and placements following patients educated under usual care vs. self-pace CD/video conditions.

Conditions

  • Congestive Heart Failure

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

self-paced instruction

Patients and caregivers review a DVD as often as they wish on how to care for routine and emergency procedures associated with their artificial heart

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Beckwith Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Margo B. Holm, PhD · University of Pittsburgh

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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