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Improving Self Care Behavior and Outcomes in Rural Patients With Heart Failure
In Brief
A Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating Fluid Watchers LITE Educational Intervention and Fluid Watchers PLUS Educational Intervention for Heart Failure, Congestive. Completed, enrolled 614 participants across 3 sites.
Detailed Summary
Heart failure patients living in rural areas usually do not have adequate access to formal heart failure management programs. This study will compare two versions of an educational intervention aimed at improving self-care management techniques among individuals with heart failure who are living in rural areas.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients in Fluid Watchers LITE will receive counseling about HF and self-monitoring, and coaching on seeking care. They will receive written material, a diary, a scale and a telephone follow-up to answer any questions they might have about the educational session.
Patients in Fluid Watchers PLUS will receive counseling about HF and self-monitoring, and coaching on seeking care. They will receive written materials, a diary, a scale, an audio tape of the session and telephone followup. Participants in the PLUS program will receive additional counseling, audio tapes, and follow-up telephone calls on a biweekly basis, as compared to participants in the LITE program.