Effect of the PLAN CUIDARTE on the Caregiving Competence of People With Heart Failure (PLANCUIDARTE)

Universidad de la Sabana

Status and phase: Not yet enrolling; Phase 2

Conditions: Care Transitions; Caregiver Burden; Discharge Plan; Nursing; Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: PLAN CUIDARTE; Other: Conventional care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06309875

ENF- 25-2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), by 2021 cardiovascular diseases (CVD) will be a public health problem, among them heart failure (HF), since this is a chronic disease, patients should be competent in their care. Despite the above, according to research conducted in Colombia, 59.7% of people with chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) have a level of care competence considered not optimal; patients report not having sufficient knowledge of the disease or experience feelings of lack of tools for the management of symptoms and the challenges of post-hospitalization.

The objective of the research is to determine the effect of the PLAN CUIDARTE on the caregiving competence of people with HF

Methodology: Pre-posttest randomized clinical trial, with blinding of the participants, where the intervention "PLAN CUIDARTE" is applied and the initial and subsequent caregiving competence is evaluated in the comparison group and in the intervention group for pretest - posttest and between-group comparisons.

Full description

Eligibility Criteria:

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over 18 years of age with a diagnosis of HF.
• Patients with HF who are hemodynamically stable.
• Patients with SPMSQ - PFERFFER of 0 - 4 errors or 5 errors, patient who has not received primary education.
• Patient with a PULSES of 6 to 11

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with heart failure with heart transplantation scheduled in the next 6 months.
• Patients requiring transfer to an intensive or intermediate care unit.

Outcome Measures:

• Primary: Caring competence.
• Secondary: Satisfaction with care

Enrollment: 84 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients over 18 years of age who are hospitalized and admitted to the institution with a diagnosis of HF decompensation with a time of diagnosis greater than 6 months.
• Patients who are hemodynamically stable, without alteration of the state of consciousness.

Exclusion criteria

• HF patients who are hospitalized for cardiac transplantation,
• Who are under palliative management or who, at the time of discharge, have a formal
• Who have a designated formal caregiver or are discharged to an institution other than home.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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84 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional

Active Comparator group

Description:

Set of specific activities carried out by the health care team by the health care team at the time of hospital discharge of HF patients: the patients with HF:

Treatment:

Other: Conventional care

PLAN CUIDARTE

Experimental group

Description:

The "PLAN CUIDARTE" is an intervention aimed at addressing the hospital discharge of people with HF, based on the nursing theory of transitions of Afaf Meleis(46) and under the guidelines of Robin Whittemore for the systematic development of complex interventions for experimental type research in nursing. The PLAN CUIDARTE addresses the specific educational needs of HF patients, as established by the patients with HF, as established by international accreditation standards.

Treatment:

Other: PLAN CUIDARTE