TerminatedNot Applicable

Improving Knowledge in Heart Failure Inpatient With Therapeutic Education

Stopped: Difficulty in recruiting and lack of resources

Switzerland38 participantsStarted 2022-12-13

Plain-language summary

The objective is to evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-led therapeutic education intervention on the knowledge of hospitalized heart failure patients. The knowledge score on heart failure disease and medications will be compared between two groups one month after hospitalization. The intervention group will receive a therapeutic education intervention and usual hospital care and the control group will receive only usual hospital care.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Hospitalization in the Department of General Internal Medicine or Cardiology for decompensated heart failure with lowered left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (≤40%) from any cause or mildly lowered LVEF (41-49%) with the presence of heart failure-specific drug therapy * Stability of the patient's clinical condition * ≥ 2 heart failure medications * ≥18 years * Full capacity of discernment * Absence of cognitive impairment * Ability to speak, understand and read in French * Get a personal telephone * Consent form signed by the participant Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to follow study procedures * Institutionalized persons * Asylum seekers, homeless people, prisoners * Incapacity of judgment and discernment

What they're measuring

Change in knowledge score

Timeframe: at the baseline time (zero time), immediately after therapeutic education intervention and 30 days after hospital discharge

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05751772

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Geneva

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2024-01-31