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This randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of a web-based family-centered communication enhancement program ("Heart to Heart") designed for patients with heart failure, family caregivers, and cardiac nurses.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Heart to Heart Program | Experimental | Participants receive the "Heart to Heart" web-based communication enhancement program for four weeks. The program includes educational video modules and printable resources designed to improve understanding of heart failure trajectory, goals-of-care conversations, and palliative care communication among patients with heart failure, their family caregivers, and cardiac nurses. |
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| Usual Care | No Intervention | Participants receive routine cardiology follow-up and standard education regarding heart failure self-care without access to the web-based communication program during the study period. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Heart to Heart Web-based Communication Program | Behavioral | A 4-week web-based communication enhancement program consisting of educational video modules and printable resources addressing heart failure trajectory, goals-of-care conversations, and palliative care communication for patients with heart failure, family caregivers, and cardiac nurses. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in quality of life | Change in quality of life measured by the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire | Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention |
| Person-centered Care Competence | Change in person-centered care competence measured by the Individualized Care Scale | Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Heart Failure Knowledge | Change in heart failure knowledge measured by the Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale | Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention |
| Self-care Behavior | Change in heart failure self-care behavior measured by the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScB-9) |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ajou University Medical Center | Suwon | 16499 | South Korea |
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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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| Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention |
| Caregiver Burden | Change in caregiver burden measured by the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers (BSFC-s) | Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention |
| Patient-centered Communication Competence | Change in patient-centered communication competence measured by the Slatore communication scale | Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention |