NCT05632198

Uncertainty in HFrEF Patients

UNCERTAINTY AS a BARRIER to SELF-CARE and QUALITY of LIFE in PATIENTS with HEART FAILURE with REDUCED EJECTION FRACTION

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was planned as a descriptive and correlational type study to reveal the effect of perceived uncertainty by heart failure (HF) patients with reduced ejection fraction on quality of life and self-care behaviors. In this study, which aimed to reach 122 inpatients with HF, the dependent variables were quality of life and self-care behaviors, the independent variable will be perceived uncertainty. Data will be collected by Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-Community Form (MUIS-C), Left Ventricular Disfunction Scale (LVD-36) and European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale (EHFSeBS). Data analysis will basically be done with Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA).

Detailed description

This study aims to reveal the effect of perceived uncertainty on quality of life and self-care behaviors in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction. This descriptive and correlational study will include 122 HF patients hospitalized in the cardiology department of a university hospital in northern Turkey. The sample size was calculated according to parameters based on the power of 90%, 95% confidence interval, error level of 0.05, effect size of 0.59. Data will be collected by Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-Community Form (MUIS-C), Left Ventricular Disfunction Scale (LVD-36) and European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale (EHFSeBS). Data analysis will basically be done with Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA).

Conditions

• Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Survey	Valid and reliable questionnaires covering perceived uncertainty, self-care behaviors and quality of life will be administered.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-15
• Primary completion: 2024-06-11
• Completion: 2024-06-15
• First posted: 2022-11-30
• Last updated: 2024-10-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)