Trial of a Tailored Message Program to Implement CHF Guidelines

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

Congestive heart failure is a serious health problem in the United States and is associated with excessive morbidity and mortality. Several classes of medications have been shown to improve mortality in patients with CHF. Despite this these medications are widely under prescribed. Guidelines have been shown to improve patient outcomes and several guidelines on the management of CHF have been published. Implementation of guidelines is challenging and most strategies have focused on changing physician behavior. Patient-based interventions have been shown to be effective in implementing guidelines on CHF but they have been very labor intensive. A computer based intervention to implement CHF guidelines, if effective, would be beneficial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00013026

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

700

Expected to finish

2004-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• EF <40%, getting majority care at the VA, not enrolled in another CHF study, ability to read English.

Where it is running

• Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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