Effect of Quality Improvement Tools in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Congestive Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: Checklist cohort

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01446536

11-09-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: Quality Improvement tools like "Heart Failure Discharge Checklist" which emphasizes on proper education to patients, ensure appropriate dose titration and counselling improve outcome in congestive heart failure (CHF).

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients admitted to SJMO with principal diagnosis of acute decompensated heart failure

Exclusion criteria

• Age less than 18 years
• Pregnant women

Trial design

96 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This arm which was control group, was randomly selected among patients with acute decompensated heart failure in whom the checklist was not used. This group was managed as per the standard guidelines.

Checklist (intervention) cohort

Active Comparator group

Description:

checklist was used in this group arbitrarily by their treating physician

Treatment:

Other: Checklist cohort