Effectiveness of Peer Support in Improving Heart Failure Self-Management and Care

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Congestive

In brief

Heart failure (HF) patients living in low-income or isolated areas may have limited access to necessary clinic services and more difficulty in self-managing their illness. This study will evaluate a program that combines group health care visits and a peer-to-peer telephone buddy system at improving health outcomes among low-income and racial minority HF patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00508508

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

266

Starts

2007-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-18

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosed with HF
• Inpatient Hospital stay or Heart Failure Clinic Appointment

You may not qualify if…

• Serious mental illness or cognitive dysfunction
• Does not speak English fluently
• Receives most HF care outside the St. Joseph Mercy Health System
• Unable to use the telephone to access the IVR system
• Will be discharged to a long-term care or hospice facility
• End-stage cancer or other end-stage condition

Where it is running

• St. Joseph Mercy Hospital — Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States

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