RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06473532

TEXT4HF: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Tailored Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Older Adult Patients With Heart Failure


Sponsor

University of Illinois at Chicago

Enrollment

30 participants

Start Date

Sep 26, 2024

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Summary

The goal of this study is to determine whether an individually tailored text messaging intervention can improve self-care in older adult patients with heart failure. The main question it aims to answer are: * Is a tailored text messaging intervention feasible and acceptable among older adult patients with heart failure? * Does tailored text messaging improve self-care in adult patients with heart failure? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups for 12 weeks: 1) intervention (text messaging); or 2) control group. Both groups will receive usual care, which includes regular follow-up visits at the heart failure clinic (standard care), plus a "Discharge Packet for Patients Diagnosed with Heart Failure", developed by the American Heart Association. Both groups will be asked via text messages and/or telephone calls to complete questionnaires at baseline/start, 4 weeks and 12 weeks, about self-care, quality of life, health beliefs, medications, diet, etc. Participants assigned to the intervention group will also receive approximately 5 text messages/week targeting medication adherence, heart-healthy diet, and self-monitoring for 12 weeks.


Eligibility

Min Age: 50 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is testing whether personalized text messages can help people with heart failure better manage their condition at home. Heart failure is when the heart cannot pump blood as well as it should, causing fluid buildup and fatigue. The text messages are designed to remind and guide patients about daily self-care habits like monitoring weight and managing medications. **You may be eligible if...** - You are 50 years old or older - You have heart failure and are taking a water pill (loop diuretic) - You own a mobile phone with a text messaging plan - You can read and speak English - You are not following your heart failure self-care routine consistently **You may NOT be eligible if...** - You are scheduled for heart surgery or a heart transplant within the next 3 months - You had heart surgery within the last 30 days - You have psychosis, dementia, or Alzheimer's disease - You are in hospice or end-of-life care - You have advanced kidney disease or are on dialysis - You cannot manage basic self-care tasks on your own - You currently live in a nursing home Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALTEXT4HF

In addition to usual care, participants in the intervention group will receive 5 TMs/week for 12 weeks at a time of their preference. Tailoring of the TMs is performed based on participants' responses to validated questionnaires (health beliefs scales, HF-knowledge scale, and self-efficacy about HF self-care scale), administered at baseline and 4 weeks. They will also receive an AHA HF discharge informational packet.


Locations(1)

University of Illinois, Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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