Heart Failure Resilience Intervention for Caregivers

Part of paid clinical trials in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sponsor
Johns Hopkins University
Study ID
NCT03963583
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
50 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • HEROIC — BEHAVIORAL
    The HEROIC intervention will include individualized, nurse-led sessions focused on; 1. a whole-person assessment including preventive health behaviors, personal goals, and purpose in life 2. discussion of caregiving in the context of the caregiver's identified 'purpose' which supports meaning-making and provides rationale for goal-setting 3. co-development of a plan to address caregiver goals to improve preventive health behaviors and/or reduce caregiver burden 4. 'walking meetings' to model the importance of exercise while discussing incremental action plans to help caregivers achieve goals.

Study Details

Heart failure (HF) patients with supportive caregivers have better physical health, emotional health, and quality of life. But caregivers have an increased risk of caregivers' own worsening health and often feel a sense of burden related to caregiving. However, caregivers receive very little support to balance caring for the patient with caring for themselves. Therefore, this research will provide a program for caregivers of advanced heart failure patients to build on the caregiver's strengths, sense of purpose, and set goals for healthy lifestyle changes. The investigators believe that caregivers who receive the program will have better quality of life, less sense of burden, and a healthier lifestyle.

Key Dates

Start date
Apr 1, 2022
Status verified
Nov 2025
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2024
Completion
Oct 31, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
33 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: HEROIC Intervention Group
    This group will receive the HEROIC intervention.
  • Experimental: Waitlist Control Group
    The waitlisted group will receive usual care for caregivers for the first 12 weeks, which is normally limited to inclusion in some clinical assessment and teaching during patient visits. Waitlisted participants will receive monthly study postcards to encourage retention. After 12 weeks, they will begin the intervention.

Primary Outcome Measure

Goal Attainment of Preventive Health Behaviors as Measured by the Goal Attainment Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 12 and 24 weeks ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Johns Hopkins School of NursingBaltimoreMaryland21205-

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By condition
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By specialty
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By research site
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