This study is designed to determine if a relationship exists between problems with memory, attention, learning, insight and executive function and self management in heart failure.
Eligible participants are those 75 years of age or less, with left ventricular ejection fractions of 40% or less, english speaking and no known cognitive deficits. Participants will be administered the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status and the Controlled Oral Word Association test at the study visit. They will also be asked to complete the Self-Care in Heart Failure Index and the Anosognosia Questionnaire for Dementia at their convenience and mail back to investigator. Participants will be contacted in 90 days to determine if they have been hospitalized, and if so, for how many days.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
72
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Self-management of heart failure as measured by the Self-Care in Heart Failure Index
Time frame: at time of enrollment
Duration of hospitalization(s)
Time frame: 90 days after enrollment
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