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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
150
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.
Ajou University Medical Center
Suwon, South Korea
Change in quality of life
Change in quality of life measured by the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention
Person-centered Care Competence
Change in person-centered care competence measured by the Individualized Care Scale
Time frame: Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention
Heart Failure Knowledge
Change in heart failure knowledge measured by the Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale
Time frame: 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)
Time frame: Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention
Caregiver Burden
Change in caregiver burden measured by the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers (BSFC-s)
Time frame: Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention
Patient-centered Communication Competence
Change in patient-centered communication competence measured by the Slatore communication scale
Time frame: Baseline and 4 weeks after the intervention
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