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Danger Signs of Worsening Heart Failure and Self-Management of Danger Signs: The Effects of Video Education
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Danger Signs of Heart Failure Videos for Heart Failure; With Decompensation. Completed, enrolled 746 participants across 8 sites.
Detailed Summary
Lack of recognition of HF danger signs and lack of understanding of how to control and minimize danger signs could lead to their escalation and prompt all-cause and HF-related health care resource utilization (HCRU). Investigators hypothesize that patients must understand HF danger signs to have self-confidence in recognizing them and in taking steps to minimize or eliminate their occurrence post hospital discharge. Investigators will determine if video education in HF danger signs recognition and control prior to discharge (and post-discharge) reduces all-cause and HF-related HCRU.
Study Details
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Interventions
Short (under 3 minutes each) videos on (a) recognition of dyspnea, fatigue and edema and (b) self-management of each (based on diet, fluid management and activities) that reflect patient behaviors