Cognitive Intervention to Improve Memory in Heart Failure Patients

Cognitive Intervention to Improve Memory in Heart Failure Patients

Cognitive Intervention to Improve Memory in Heart Failure patients

A three arm randomized controlled trial of 276 heart failure patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• At least 21 years of age
• Understands English
• Has access to a telephone
• Hears normal conversation
• For patients with hearing aids, able to wear and hear through headsets
• Diagnosis of chronic heart failure, stage C, NYHA I, II or III
• Receiving guideline derived medical therapy
• Heart failure validated by echocardiography or other method in past 2 years
• Able to read a computer screen with or without glasses or lenses

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of drug or alcohol abuse or major psychiatric diagnosis present before the heart failure diagnosis
• Alzheimer or other dementia diagnosis or central nervous system degenerative disorder
• Terminal cancer
• Patients with baseline Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of less than 19

Supplement Eligibility: First 144 patients randomized in the parent trial.