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Congestive Heart Failure Weight Study

NCT01185249 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2013-07-25

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Summary

Early morning weights to monitor CHF patient's fluid status is common practice but there is a lack of evidence that this is the best practice. The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in net weight gain or loss for hospitalized patients with CHF who are weighed in the evening instead of early morning.

Conditions

  • Congestive Heart Failure

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Weigh subjects on a scale in the standing position

Subjects will stand on a scale in the mornings, and the evenings for 3 days while hospitalized.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Central DuPage Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alice M Siehoff, DNP, RN-BC · Central DuPage Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2010-05-31
Completion
2011-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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