Nurse-led Education on Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Their Informal Caregivers
Recruiting · NCT06545370 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Hellenic Mediterranean University
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Intervention 1 / Nurse-led patients' educationIntervention 2 / Nurse-led patients' & caregivers' education
What this trial is about
The current study intends to examine the influence of nurse-led education on patients with chronic heart failure and their caregivers, with the goal of optimizing care for both and improving patients\' clinical outcomes.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Patients recently hospitalized due to the disease
- Patients and caregivers who are literate in Greek
- Patients and caregivers who provide written informed consent for their participation in the study
- Patients diagnosed with heart failure for at least 6 months
- Caregivers who have been involved in the care of the patients for at least 6 months
- Patients taking medication according to the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology
Exclusion criteria
- History of psychiatric disease, recent history of alcohol or/and drug abuse, dementia, and Alzheimer\'s disease (for patients and caregivers)
- Absence of an informal caregiver according to their statement
Where it is running
2 locations listed.
- Hellenic Mediterranean University - Heraklion, Greece
- Hellenic Mediterranean University - Heraklion, Crete, Greece