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The purpose of the study is to evaluate if the digital support and communication platform for heart failure can provide patients with heart failure increased knowledge, compliance and quality of life and thus affect re-admissions and visit structure.
To evaluate whether a digital support and communication platform for heart failure patients after 6 months can provide:
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Active Comparator | Standard heart failure care and a digital heart failure support system |
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| Control group | Other | Standard heart failure care |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LifePod | Device | The intervention group is testing LifePod on a digital communication platform between patient and healthcare provider |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Self-care behaviour | Improvement in self-care behaviour measured by the questionnaire European Heart Failure Self-care behaviour scale (EHFScB-9) A higher EHFScB-9 score indicates a worse self-care behaviour. The minimum score is 9 points and the maximum score is 45. | 6 month |
| Cardiovascular events and deaths | Number of participants with cardiovascular events and deaths during intervention and up to 12 months after inclusion | 12 month |
| Hospitalization and hospital days | Number of participants with new hospitalization and number of hospital days during intervention and up 12 months after inclusion | 12 months |
| Health care visits | Type and number of health care visits during intervention and up to 12 months after inclusion | 12 months |
| Patient-reported symptoms | Improved patient-reported symptoms as measured by questionnaire EuroQol three-dimensional questionnaire (EQ-5D-3L ) where high score represent worse symptoms. The minimum score is 7 points and the maximum score is 23 points. | 6 months |
| Quality of life | Improved quality of life as measured on visual analogue scale 0-100 where high figure represent best quality of life | 6 months |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Diagnosed heart failure I.50 (newly discovered or existing) in NYHA Class I-IV in principle with ESC guidelines 2016.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patient who declines to participate in the trial.
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sofia Gerward, MD, PhD | Lund University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Lund University | Lund | Skåne County | 22100 | Sweden |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006333 | Heart Failure |
| ID | Term |
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| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
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