Selfcare MAnagement InteRvenTion in Heart Failure II (SMART HF II)

Lund University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Heart Failure

Treatments

Device: LifePod

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04327128

SMART HF II, Dnr 20 19-00378

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate if the digital support and communication platform for heart failure can provide patients with heart failure increased knowledge, compliance and quality of life and thus affect re-admissions and visit structure.

To evaluate whether a digital support and communication platform for heart failure patients after 6 months can provide:

Improved self-care
Improved quality of life and reduced number of patient-assessed symptoms
Reduction in the number of cardiovascular events, hospital nights, the number of hospitalizations or the number of deaths and out-patient visits

Enrollment

70 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosed heart failure I.50 (newly discovered or existing) in NYHA Class I-IV in principle with ESC guidelines 2016.
- Have completed the "consent form" or consent form, see §4.2 Exclusion criteria: * Patient who refuses to participate in the trial.
- It is assessed that they can handle the intervention themselves or with the help of personal or relatives.

Exclusion criteria

Patient who declines to participate in the trial.
- Impaired cognitive ability that is judged to affect the ability to conduct the study in the intended manner.
- Life expectancy <8 months
- In other ways, by the treating physician, it is deemed inappropriate to participate in the study, e.g. due to participation in another study.