Leveraging Home Health Aides to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure

Part of paid clinical trials in New York, New York.

Sponsor
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Study ID
NCT04239911
Status
Completed

Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • mHealth app — BEHAVIORAL
    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 — BEHAVIORAL
    Virtual training course on heart failure for home health aides.

Study Details

The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of an intervention among home health aides caring for adults admitted to home care with a primary diagnosis of heart failure at VNS Health Partners in Care (home care agency). The study will examine the interventions' effect on home health aides' heart failure knowledge and confidence caring for adults with heart failure, as well as on the client's overall health (visits to the emergency department and hospital readmissions).

Key Dates

Start date
May 16, 2022
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Aug 17, 2024
Completion
Aug 17, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
105 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Enhanced usual care
    Home health aides in the enhanced usual care arm will receive a virtual heart failure training course.
  • Experimental: Intervention arm
    Home health aides in the intervention arm will receive a virtual heart failure training course and a communication-based messaging app.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in Heart Failure Knowledge [ Time Frame: Baseline (0 days); at follow-up (90 days) ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
VNS Health Partners in CareNew YorkNew York10017-

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