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A Nurse-Led Weight Monitoring Intervention For Heart Failure Quality of LIfe and Self-Care
Sponsor: Lee Anne Siegmund
Summary
Ongoing self-care for heart failure is essential to avoid complications and hospitalization. Supportive strategies are needed; however, patients with heart failure may find many interventions complicated and overwhelming. The purpose of this pilot study is to implement a simple weight tracking tool (Wake and Weigh) to affect self-care and quality of life in a population of older adults with heart failure. This will be a randomized controlled pilot trial to test the methods to be used in a larger randomized controlled trial. The Self-care in Heart Failure Index and Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire surveys will be given at admission and four weeks after discharge. The Wake and Weigh tool is designed to help patients track weight in the hospital and following discharge. Feasibility endpoints will be summarized descriptively.
Official title: The Effect of a Nurse-led Daily Weight Monitoring Intervention (Wake and Weigh) on Heart Failure Quality of Life and Self-care
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
55 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
42
Start Date
2024-11-01
Completion Date
2026-12
Last Updated
2025-09-24
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Wake and Weigh
The Wake and Weigh tool includes the patient's dry weight and instructions for daily weight monitoring. Participants in the intervention group will be instructed on the use of the tool. While in the hospital, weight is being managed by the healthcare team, so the goal during hospitalization is to educate the patient on what to do once discharged, and to recognize changes in weight.
Usual care
The usual care group will receive the heart failure handbook that is routinely given to heart failure patients.
Locations (1)
Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital
Avon, Ohio, United States