NCT01822912

Heart Failure Management Program Versus Usual Care

Evaluation of a Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Disease Management Program Versus Usual Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 713 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Heart Failure (HF) patients discharged to Skilled Nursing Facilities have higher rehospitalization rates and mortality than patients discharged to home. HF disease management programs have been shown to reduce rehospitalizations in community settings, no national guidelines have been set forth for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF). This study will investigate the the effect of a heart failure-disease management program on the outcome of all-cause hospital readmissions, emergency room admissions and mortality for 30 days post-SNF admission using 7 component heart failure disease management program.

Conditions

• Cardiac Failure
• Congestive Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Heart Failure Disease Management Program	Subjects will be assessed 3 times a week while in SNF.
OTHER	Heart Failure Usual Care	Subjects will receive standard of care.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-05-01
• Completion: 2019-03-01
• First posted: 2013-04-04
• Last updated: 2019-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States