Mobile App for Heart Failure

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital84 enrolled

Overview

The investigators developed a mobile health platform to self-management in HF. The aim of this study is to evaluate whether this smartphone app-based intervention can improve symptoms of HF when compared to usual care in HF patients.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Heart Failure

Interventions

Bluetooth-connected monitoring devices and a feedback systemOTHER

AIDA/KT-app with devices and feedback: The mobile application provide self-management interventions with devices including sphygomanometer and body water meter and a feedback system

Mobile applicationOTHER

The mobile application provide only self-management interventions.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 20 years or older hospitalized for acute heart failure. * Patients who have obvious symptoms or sign of HF at admission * N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) ≥400 pg/mL or brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) ≥100 pg/mL. * participants should be able to use smartphone well. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have baseline systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg or resting heart rate \<50 beats per minutes * Patients who cannot use smartphone * Patients who had cardiac implantable electronic device will be excluded

Locations (7)

Keimyung University Hospital

Daegu, South Korea

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Seongnam, South Korea

Catholic University college of medicine

Seoul, South Korea

Korea Univ. Guro hospital

Seoul, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HF symptom by application scores.

the mean value of scores of dyspnea, fatigue, and ankle edema stored in app by participants will be evaluated. Range 0(no symptom) - 3(severe symptom)

Time frame: 4 weeks

HF symptom by questionnaire

The degree of dyspnea will be evaluated by questionnaire. Range: 0(worst)-10(best)

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Composite outcome

including death, rehospitalization, and unscheduled HF visit

Time frame: 4 weeks

Application satisfaction score

The satisfaction score will be evaluated by questionnaire. Range: 0(worst)-10(best)

Time frame: 4 weeks

change in body water composition f

the change in body water composition from baseline to the last measurement in the intervention group

Time frame: 4 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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