Educational intervention for heart failure in emergency department
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Educational programmes for heart failure patients in the Emergency Department.Can these programmes be effective on patient's knowledge (increase knowledge related to the syndrome)something that can lead to lifestyle changes?
IRAS ID
150815
Contact name
Paul Kiff
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of East London
Research summary
Heart failure is a chronic syndrome that is associated with significant mortality, morbidity and healthcare cost. Acute heart failure is one of the most frequent reasons for hospitalization in western countries, with high rates of readmissions. Several trials to assess management programmes for the early management of the syndrome in the emergency department contacted. As is highlighted, education has an important role on outcomes of reducing readmission rates, mortality and revisits. Despite some hypotheses that educational programmes can be effective when they start from emergency department there is no evidence about their impact in patients. The current study aspires to cover that gap by examining the effectiveness of educational programs led by a nurse before the patients’ discharge from the emergency department examining patients’ knowledge about the syndrome.
The current research work will be an international randomised control trial. The participants which will be selected if they meet the criteria. Will be split into two group: intervention and control group. Furthermore, randomization will be used in order to maximise equivalence across the two groups. The research will take place in the emergency department of London Chest hospital and the participants will be patients with the diagnosis of acute heart failure. To collect the data, the questionnaires: Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale and European Heart Failure Self-care will be used before any intervention and the patient’s education will take place (for the intervention group). The intervention will take place only when the cardiologist in charge conform that the patient’s condition has stabilized. After the patients’ discharge from the hospital, one month later the researcher will contact the patients of both groups by phone call and repeat the questionnaires. The results from the questionnaires before and after the intervention will be compared across the two groups.REC name
South Central - Oxford A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SC/1088
Date of REC Opinion
10 Jul 2014
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion