Leveraging Home Health Aides to Improve Outcomes in Heart Failure

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Congestive Heart Failure

In brief

The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of an intervention among home health aides caring for adults admitted to home care with a primary diagnosis of heart failure at VNS Health Partners in Care (home care agency). The study will examine the interventions' effect on home health aides' heart failure knowledge and confidence caring for adults with heart failure, as well as on the client's overall health (visits to the emergency department and hospital readmissions).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04239911

Run by

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

People needed

105

Starts

2022-05-16

Expected to finish

2024-08-17

Last updated by the study team

2025-06-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Home health aide employed at VNS Health Partners in Care home care agency.
• 1 or more years of experience as a home health aide.
• Speak English or Spanish.
• Assigned to care for an adult admitted to home care with a primary diagnosis of heart failure.

You may not qualify if…

• Doesn't meet inclusion criteria.

Where it is running

• VNS Health Partners in Care — New York, New York, United States

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