A Nurse-Led Weight Monitoring Intervention For Heart Failure Quality of LIfe and Self-Care

Part of paid clinical trials in Avon, Ohio.

Sponsor
Lee Anne Siegmund
Study ID
NCT07184541
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

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

Interventions

  • Wake and Weigh — BEHAVIORAL
    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 — BEHAVIORAL
    The usual care group will receive the heart failure handbook that is routinely given to heart failure patients.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Nov 1, 2024
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
42 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Active Comparator: Wake and Weigh Intervention
    The Wake and Weigh weight log in addition to usual care
  • Active Comparator: Control
    The heart failure handbook (routinely given for first heart failure admission), and heart failure education per usual care

Primary Outcome Measure

Project Feasibility-fidelity [ Time Frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks post-discharge ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Cleveland Clinic Avon HospitalAvonOhio44011
Michelle Thomas, MSN, ACCNS-AG
[email protected]
216-440-8706
Kelli Falbo, MSN
[email protected]
440-695-5494
Kelli Falbo, MSN (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)
Brenda Miller, RN (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Jane Painter, BSN (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Michelle Thomas, MSN (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Anna Cole, BSN (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Linda Turner, MSN (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)
Lee Anne Siegmund, PhD, RN (SUB_INVESTIGATOR)

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By condition
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By specialty
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By research site
Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital· Avon, OH

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