Leveraging Home Health Aides to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure
NCT ID: NCT04239911
Last Updated: 2025-06-06
Study Results
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COMPLETED
NA
105 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-05-16
2024-08-17
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Enhanced usual care
Home health aides in the enhanced usual care arm will receive a virtual heart failure training course.
Virtual training course
Virtual training course on heart failure for home health aides.
Intervention arm
Home health aides in the intervention arm will receive a virtual heart failure training course and a communication-based messaging app.
mHealth app
The mHealth app will provide heart failure-specific education to home health aides and allow them to report clinical observations and ask nurses questions in real-time.
Virtual training course
Virtual training course on heart failure for home health aides.
Interventions
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mHealth app
The mHealth app will provide heart failure-specific education to home health aides and allow them to report clinical observations and ask nurses questions in real-time.
Virtual training course
Virtual training course on heart failure for home health aides.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* 1 or more years of experience as a home health aide.
* Speak English or Spanish.
* Assigned to care for an adult admitted to home care with a primary diagnosis of heart failure.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Madeline R Sterling, MD, MPH, MS
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Locations
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VNS Health Partners in Care
New York, New York, United States
Countries
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References
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Espinosa CG, Vergez S, McDonald MV, Safford MM, Cho J, Tobin JN, Mourad O, Marcus R, Joanna Bryan Ringel J, Banerjee S, Dell N, Feldman P, Sterling MR. Leveraging home health aides to improve outcomes in heart failure: A pilot study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2024 Aug;143:107570. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107570. Epub 2024 May 11.
Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol, Statistical Analysis Plan, and Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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19-08020553
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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