Structured education program for adults with heart failure
The Role of a Structured Patient Education Programme in the Complex Care of Patients With Heart Failure
Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Institute · NCT07451457
This project will test whether a structured education program helps adults with heart failure learn self-care and reduce heart-failure-related hospital visits.
Quick facts
| Study type | Observational |
|---|---|
| Enrollment | 1000 (estimated) |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Institute (other) |
| Locations | 1 site (Budapest) |
| Trial ID | NCT07451457 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this trial studies
This observational project follows adults with heart failure who participate in a complex, structured patient education programme delivered at specialist heart failure units. The programme is based on ESC guideline recommendations and focuses on teaching self-care tasks alongside multidisciplinary support. Eligible patients are recruited from inpatient and outpatient heart failure clinics and receive the education between June 1, 2023 and December 31, 2026. The study will document patients' acquisition of self-care skills and track clinical outcomes such as hospitalizations.
Who should consider this trial
Good fit: Adult patients hospitalized for heart failure or treated in participating heart failure outpatient clinics who agree to join the education programme during the recruitment window are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: Patients who decline participation or who cannot engage with the education content (for example due to severe cognitive or language limitations) are unlikely to gain benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the programme could improve patients' self-care skills and reduce heart-failure-related hospital admissions.
How similar studies have performed: Yes—prior randomized and observational studies and international guideline recommendations show that structured education and multidisciplinary heart failure programs can improve self-care and reduce hospitalizations, so this approach builds on established evidence.
Eligibility criteria
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients * Hospitalised for heart failure at the Heart Failure Unit of the Department of Adult Cardiology, Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center and at the Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen or adult patients treated at the Heart Failure Outpatient Clinics of each Institute * Participate voluntarily in a complex, structured heart failure patient education programme between June 1, 2023, and December 31, 2026. Exclusion Criteria: • There are no exclusion criteria other than the patient's refusal to participate in the study.
Where this trial is running
Budapest
- Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center — Budapest, Hungary (RECRUITING)
Study contacts
- Study coordinator: Balázs Muk, MD, PhD
- Email: balazs.muk@gokvi.hu
- Phone: +36306966208
How to participate
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
- Visit the official trial page on ClinicalTrials.gov for the most current contact information and recruitment status.
- Contact the listed study coordinator or principal investigator to request pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.
Conditions: Heart Failure, heart failure, patient education programme, self-care