SOCIAL_HF: Improving Social Frailty Through Interactive Learning
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Heart Failure
In brief
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether the WeChat-based program "Social Optimization Chat for Interactive Learning for Heart Failure" (SOCIAL\_HF) can improve social frailty in elderly patients with heart failure. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can a 6-week WeChat online group interactive learning program (SOCIAL\_HF) improve social frailty? Does the intervention enhance self-care abilities, social participation, and perceived social support? Researchers will compare SOCIAL\_HF to usual care (self-study heart failure self-care manual) to assess whether SOCIAL\_HF can improve social functioning. Participants will: Engage in weekly WeChat video meetings for six weeks (Participate in peer sharing and collaborative tasks). Complete daily health task check-ins. Access online self-care resources.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07234565
- Run by
- The University of Hong Kong
- People needed
- 208
- Starts
- 2025-09-15
- Expected to finish
- 2027-09-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-11-18
Who can join
Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 60 years old and above;
- Live in the community;
- a definitive diagnosis of heart failure based on the Framingham Heart Failure Diagnostic Criteria;
- a diagnosis of heart failure for 6 months or longer;
- evidence of social pre-frailty or frailty, determined by the SFS-8 score ≥ 2; (6) possession of a smartphone and experience using WeChat;
- (7) be able to read and write Chinese.
You may not qualify if…
- severe cognitive impairment or dementia;
- known mental illnesses;
- any communication barriers may hinder participation in SOCIAL_HF, such as illiteracy, reading disabilities, speak local dialect only, and difficulties in language comprehension;
- any sensory impairments that may affect learning or interaction with others on WeChat, including untreated severe hearing loss and vision impairments；
- are currently participating in other intervention studies.
Where it is running
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Songjiang Hospital — Shanghai, China (enrolling)
- Fudan University Affiliated Huadong Hospital — Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Baoshan District Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital — Shanghai, China
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