Effectiveness of a Website and Telemonitoring in Patients With Heart Failure.
Heart Failure
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Heart Failure focused on measuring Telemedicine, Heart Failure, Self care, Quality of life, Mortality, Hospitalization
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- heart failure established according to the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology, and confirmed with echocardiography at least three months earlier. The three month period is used to allow for enough time for essential education and initiation of treatment.
- Sufficient cognitive and physical function to understand the aim of the study and perform or undergo the required measurements and sign informed consent.
- Aged 18 years or over.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Non-availability of internet and e-mail.
- Inability to work with internet and e-mail.
- Inability of the patient and his/her family or care takers to read and understand Dutch.
Sites / Locations
- Amstelland hospital
- Rijnstate hospital
- Gelderse Vallei Hospital
- Diakonessenhuis hospital
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
No Intervention
Experimental
Experimental
Usual care
Educational website.
Website and interactive platform with telemonitoring.
Educational website (in addition to usual care).
Adjusted care pathway, including both the educational website and an interactive web-based platform with telemonitoring facilities. In this arm all routine consultations with heart failure nurses and general practitioner will be substituted by this combination of telemonitoring facilities connected to an interactive web-based platform plus the Dutch version of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) website on heart failure.