Status:
COMPLETED
A Multifaceted Nurse-based Strategy Reduces HEart FaiLure Morbidity in PatiENts Admitted for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure in Brazil
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Conditions:
Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The home based intervention is a multidisciplinary approach that has shown benefit in the follow-up of patients with Heart Failure (HF). It is considered one of the most effective approaches and human...
Detailed Description
The epidemiological picture of cardiovascular disease in which the IC sets itself as the leading cause of readmissions in the National Health System and that has not changed over the years, undertake ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients of both sexes, aged 18 years or above, with a diagnosis of heart failure with systolic dysfunction (ejection fraction ≤ 45%), hospitalized for decompensation of HF
- Who agree to participate in the study by signing the Informed Consent.
Exclusion
- Patients with communication disabilities and people with degenerative neurological diseases.
- Are also excluded patients who presented acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the last 6 months before randomization
- Patients with renal, hepatic, pulmonary or systemic disease that may confuse the interpretation of the findings or result in limited life expectancy
- Surgical plan or therapeutic that might influence the follow-up
- Pregnancy, diagnosis of acute heart failure secondary to:
- sepsis
- myocarditis
- myocardial infarction
- acute peripartum and other cause
- Have no interest in receiving home visits
- Living at a distance greater than 10 km from the hospital of origin
- Not be able to contact by telephone.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
252 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01213875
Start Date
August 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2013
Last Update
January 3 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Post Graduated Program
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90035003