NCT07234565Recruiting
SOCIAL_HF: Improving Social Frailty Through Interactive Learning
The Effects of "Social Optimization Chat for Interactive Learning for Heart Failure" (SOCIAL_HF) on Improving Social Frailty: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 208 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Sept 2025
- Start date
- Sept 2025
- Primary completion date
- Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT07234565
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 208
- From Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, Sept 2027
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- severe cognitive impairment or dementia;
- known mental illnesses;
Other
- 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.
Who the study is looking for
- 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.
Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Songjiang Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Recruiting |
| Shanghai Baoshan District Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Not yet recruiting |
| Fudan University Affiliated Huadong Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Not yet recruiting |
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