NCT03509506

A Self-care Mobile Health App in Individuals With Heart Failure

Usability and Effectiveness of a Self-care Mobile Health App in Individuals With Heart Failure

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: Texas Woman's University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was designed to determine the potential benefits that individuals with heart failure (HF) could experience from using a mobile application.

Detailed description

The mobile application is called the Heart Failure Health Storylines (HFHS). The potential benefits will be examined by determining the changes in physical activity and quality of life of the participants, who will use the application and compare the results with the participants, who will not use the application.

Conditions

• Self-Management
• Mobile Applications
• Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	App Group	The participants will be educated to use the HFHS application to monitor their daily vital signs (HR, BP, body weight), physical activity, and medications for 4 weeks. The research team will monitor their data entry remotely via the HFHS App. The team will text the participant via the App if one or more of following conditions is noted: * The vital signs show undesired readings * The records on the HFHS App show that the participant did not take the medications as the schedule says In addition, the team will call the participant 3 days later to follow up regarding the participant's action towards the text message that the team sent.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-01
• Primary completion: 2020-07-15
• Completion: 2021-02-05
• First posted: 2018-04-26
• Last updated: 2022-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States