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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
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.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
50 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2024-09-26
Completion Date
2026-06-30
Last Updated
2025-09-11
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
TEXT4HF
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