CompletedNot Applicable

Evaluation of the Effect of Animated Video-Assisted Nutrition Education on Heart Failure Patients

Turkey (Türkiye)70 participantsStarted 2025-06-16

Plain-language summary

This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of animation video-supported nutrition education on dietary behaviors, symptom severity, and quality of life in patients with heart failure. A total of 70 patients aged 45-60 years with NYHA class II or III heart failure will be recruited at Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Research and Application Hospital Cardiology Clinic. Participants will be randomly assigned to an intervention group, which will receive video-supported nutrition education, or a control group, which will receive standard care. Outcomes will be assessed using the Heart Failure Dietary Behavior Scale, Heart Failure Symptom Status Scale, and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire at baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months.

Who can participate

Age range45 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Individuals who have been diagnosed with heart failure at least six months ago, * Are between the ages of 45-60, * Are in NYHA stage II or III, * Have a mobile phone capable of watching videos, * Volunteer to participate in the study will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: Individuals with HF who were included in the study as a sample, * Patients with fluid restriction under a different protocol (e.g., Chronic Renal Failure), * Patients with chronic pulmonary disease (e.g., COPD), * Illiterate, * Do not own a mobile phone capable of watching videos, * Have physical or cognitive impairments, * Have a psychiatric illness, * Refuse to participate in the study will not be included in the study. * Patients hospitalized during the study period will be excluded from the study, and their data will not be subject to statistical analysis.

What they're measuring

Mean Score on the Heart Failure Dietary Behavior Scale

Timeframe: At baseline, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07305272

SponsorTokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-12-01