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Impact of Heart Failure Center Program on Cardiac Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure

NCT01416285 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 470

Last updated 2024-03-08

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Summary

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a major public health problem worldwide. CHF carries a devastating prognosis, which resembles that of some types of malignant cancer. Despite substantial improvements in the management of the disease, the prognosis remains poor especially in advanced stages of the disease. For these patients, self-management plan includes monitoring of symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath, daily weighing, and knowing what to do if signs of deterioration appear, and when to report the changes to health. The investigators hypothesize that patients in the heart failure management programs that promote self-management by means of intensive education, edema index-assistance, and telephone follow-up can improve their functional status and quality of life, as well as the biomarkers of CHF, left ventricular systolic function, proteinuria and nutritional status.

Conditions

  • Death
  • Congestive Heart Failure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • CHAO-HUNG WANG, MD · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-01
Primary Completion
2012-05-30
Completion
2012-05-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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