Empowering Elders Through Technology
Primary Purpose
Congestive Heart Failure
Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 1
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
telehomecare
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Congestive Heart Failure
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: clinical diagnosis of congestive heart failure must have telephone line in home Exclusion Criteria: none
Sites / Locations
- Pennsylvania State University
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Self-management of heart failure
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT00261664
First Posted
December 2, 2005
Last Updated
July 25, 2011
Sponsor
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Collaborators
University of Pennsylvania
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT00261664
Brief Title
Empowering Elders Through Technology
Official Title
Empowering Elders Through Technology
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
July 2011
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
September 2003 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
undefined (undefined)
Study Completion Date
July 2005 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Name of the Sponsor
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Collaborators
University of Pennsylvania
4. Oversight
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
Telehomecare is a technology that individuals use in their homes to communicate with health providers electronically. This technology can help them function at a higher level and avoid undesirable hospitalizations by making changes in their everyday behaviors, but research is needed to understand how telehomecare supports health behavior change and leads to improved health status.
The hypothesis being tested is that the use of an electronic method of monitoring and transmitting health information facilitates patient empowerment, with subsequent effects on the patient's ability to manage her/his treatment regimen more effectively. The study will explore the relationship between telehomecare and acquisition of knowledge, and will show whether changes in knowledge levels translate to changes in behaviors and improved health outcomes. The effects of two different telehomecare systems (nurse-directed vs. patient-directed) on knowledge, self-management, and health status will be compared. A further goal is to illuminate the attitudes of physicians regarding the use of telehomecare in the treatment of their elderly, community dwelling patients.
Results will inform managers and policymakers who are responsible for integrating eHealth mechanisms into chronic disease protocols, funding health care programs, and creating policies that support the use of information technology by all Americans.
Detailed Description
This study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its Health e-Technologies Initiative (www.hetinitiative.org) is investigating the impact of telehomecare on health outcomes of persons with heart failure. The study began on September 1, 2003 and ends on February 28, 2006.
This study targets elderly persons with congestive heart failure (CHF), a major health problem affecting more than 4 million Americans. The research hypothesis being tested is that the use of an electronic method of monitoring and transmitting health information facilitates patient empowerment, with subsequent effects on the patient's ability to manage her/his treatment regimen more effectively. The study will explore the linkages between telehomecare and acquisition of knowledge, and will show whether changes in knowledge levels translate to changes in behaviors and improved health outcomes.
The effects of two different telehomecare systems (nurse-directed vs. patient-directed) on knowledge, self-management, and health status will be compared. A further goal is to illuminate the attitudes of physicians regarding the use of telehomecare in the treatment of their elderly, community dwelling patients.
Specific objectives are:
To evaluate the impact of telehomecare on patients' knowledge and self-management of heart failure, and cardiovascular health outcomes;
To compare the effect of two different telehomecare systems on patients' knowledge and self-management of heart failure, and cardiovascular health outcomes;
To investigate how the personal characteristics of older persons influence human-computer interaction and user satisfaction;
To describe and predict the attitudes and intentions of physicians regarding the use of telehomecare applications; and,
To analyze relationships among individual characteristics, information use, self-management of heart-failure and health status.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Congestive Heart Failure
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Study Phase
Phase 1, Phase 2
Interventional Study Model
Single Group Assignment
Masking
Single
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
290 (false)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Intervention Type
Device
Intervention Name(s)
telehomecare
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Self-management of heart failure
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
clinical diagnosis of congestive heart failure
must have telephone line in home
Exclusion Criteria:
none
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Kathryn Dansky
Organizational Affiliation
Penn State University
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Pennsylvania State University
City
University Park
State/Province
Pennsylvania
ZIP/Postal Code
16802
Country
United States
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