A Self-care Mobile Health App in Individuals With Heart Failure

Texas Woman's University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Failure; Self-Management; Mobile Applications

Treatments: Behavioral: App Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03509506

19985

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was designed to determine the potential benefits that individuals with heart failure (HF) could experience from using a mobile application.

Full description

The mobile application is called the Heart Failure Health Storylines (HFHS). The potential benefits will be examined by determining the changes in physical activity and quality of life of the participants, who will use the application and compare the results with the participants, who will not use the application.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults with chronic heart failure, class I - III based on New York Heart Association (NYHA) scale
• Walking independently with/without an assistive device

Exclusion Criteria: The participant will be excluded if one or more of the following is present

• Cognitive impairment (< 26 on Montreal Cognitive Assessment).
• Uncorrected vision
• Hearing problems
• Neurological disorders.
• Cannot speak and read the English language,
• Not owning a smart cell phone with internet access.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 2 patient groups

Non-App Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants will be instructed to continue their daily routine, track their daily steps with a pedometer, and record their daily steps on the "Activity Log" paper form.

App Group

Experimental group

Description:

The participants will be trained how to use the mobile application (Heart Failure Health Storyline (HFHS)) to track their health status, physical activity, manage their medications schedule, and explore the other features that the application has. Additionally, they will receive a pedometer to track their daily steps and record their data on the mobile application.

Treatment:

Behavioral: App Group