Personal Decision Support System for Heart Failure Management (HeartMan)
Heart Failure,Congestive

About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Heart Failure,Congestive focused on measuring Heart Failure, Heart Failure Patients' Disease Management, Health-related Quality of Life, mHealth
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Willing and able to make use of a smartphone and to give informed consent for participation to the study Ischemic or non- ischemic heart failure disease Functional New York Heart Association (NYHA) class 2-3 Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction ≤40% Ambulatory HF patients in stable condition: at least one hospitalization due to their HF once, but no hospitalization during the month before start of the trial or no planned surgery Good cognitive function, if cognitive impairment is suspected the patient will be evaluated by using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Sufficient knowledge of the native language (Dutch in Belgium, Italian in Italy) Exclusion Criteria: Heart failure patients who fulfill the above mentioned criteria, but suffer from a concomitant end - stage chronic kidney disease necessitating haemodialysis Heart failure patients who fulfill the above mentioned criteria, but are already participating in a disease management program, influencing the HeartMan intervention
Sites / Locations
- University Ghent
- Sapienza University of Rome
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
HeartMan Intervention group
Control group
80 patients are in the intervention group (40 in Belgium and 40 in Italy).
40 patients are in the intervention group (20 in Belgium and 20 in Italy). Standard care consists of optimal medical treatment according to the international guidelines. In addition, written and oral education on heart failure disease and its management is provided by the heart failure nurse at the moment a patient has been diagnosed with heart failure or whenever he is rehospitalized for heart failure if necessary. Further support after discharge is possible by giving the patient the opportunity to call with the heart failure nurse in case he has questions about his treatment or health condition. Regular visits with the treating physician are scheduled several times per year.