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N/ACompleted· 105 enrolled

Drug / intervention

mHealth app +1 morebehavioral

Likely dose

Not stated in record

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Leveraging Home Health Aides to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Weill Medical College of Cornell University·interventional·Posted Jan 27, 2020·Updated Jun 6, 2025

In Brief

A clinical study evaluating mHealth app and Virtual training course for Heart Failure and Congestive Heart Failure. Completed, enrolled 105 participants across 1 site.

Detailed Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of an intervention among home health aides caring for adults admitted to home care with a primary diagnosis of heart failure at VNS Health Partners in Care (home care agency). The study will examine the interventions' effect on home health aides' heart failure knowledge and confidence caring for adults with heart failure, as well as on the client's overall health (visits to the emergency department and hospital readmissions).

Study Details

Study Typeinterventional

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ConditionsHeart Failure, Congestive Heart Failure

CountriesUnited States

CollaboratorsNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Timeline

N/ACompletedFinished

2020202120222023202420252026

First PostedJan 2020

Enrollment StartMay 2022

Primary CompletionAug 2024

TodayJul 2026

First PostedJan 27, 2020

Enrollment StartMay 16, 2022

Primary CompletionAug 17, 2024

TodayJul 2, 2026

Enrollment to primary: 2.3 yearsPosted 6.4 years ago

Interventions

mHealth appbehavioral

The mHealth app will provide heart failure-specific education to home health aides and allow them to report clinical observations and ask nurses questions in real-time.

Virtual training coursebehavioral

Virtual training course on heart failure for home health aides.