Promoting Well-being and Health in Heart Failure

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure, Heart Failure NYHA Class I, Heart Failure NYHA Class II, Heart Failure NYHA Class III

In brief

The focus of this study is to test the efficacy of a 12-week, phone-delivered Positive Psychology-Motivational Interviewing (PP-MI) intervention, with additional twice weekly PP and health behavior text messages for a total of 24 weeks (with interactive, algorithm-driven, goal-focused text messages in the final 12 weeks), compared to an attention-matched MI-based educational condition, in a randomized trial (NIH Stage II) of 280 patients with New York Heart Association class I-III Heart Failure (HF).

Key facts

Study ID: NCT04829617
Run by: Massachusetts General Hospital
People needed: 280
Starts: 2021-11-29
Expected to finish: 2027-06-30
Last updated by the study team: 2026-04-14

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

Adult patients with NYHA class I, II, or III HF.
Suboptimal adherence to health behaviors. This will be defined as a total score of ≤15 on three Medical Outcomes Study Specific Adherence Scale (MOS) items regarding diet/exercise/medications.

You may not qualify if…

Cognitive deficits impeding a participant's ability to provide informed consent or participate, assessed via a 6-item cognitive test.
Medical conditions likely to lead to death within 6 months.
Inability to participate in physical activity due to another medical condition (e.g., arthritis).
Inability to read, write, or speak in English.
Current participation in another intervention or program that has been designed to promote well-being or health behavior adherence.

Where it is running

Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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