NCT07280208Completed
Teach-Back Discharge Education to Improve Self-Care and Reduce 30-Day Readmissions in Heart Failure Patients
Impact of Discharge Teach-Back Education on Heart Failure Patients' Knowledge/Self-Care Behaviors and 30-Day Readmissions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 25 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aimed to improve how patients with heart failure understand and manage their condition after leaving the hospital. Many heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days due to confusion about their discharge instructions and difficulty following self-care routines. The study tested whether a structured discharge education session using the "teach-back" method-where patients repeated instructions in their own words-could help improve their knowledge and self-care behaviors. The goal was to reduce hospital readmissions and help patients feel more confident managing their heart failure at home.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 57 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Nov 2025
- Start date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Primary completion date
- 11 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT07280208
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 57
- From 11 Sept 2025 to the primary completion date, 11 Oct 2025
- 1 site 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
- Cognitive impairment
Other
- Non-English speaking
- Unwilling to participate
Who the study is looking for
- Adults aged 18 years and older
- Diagnosed with systolic heart failure with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤ 40%
- Classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class II, III, or IV
- Categorized as American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Stage C or D
- Currently hospitalized at the project site
- Able to read and understand English at an 8th grade reading level
- Have access to a smartphone or tablet capable of scanning QR codes and connecting to the internet
- Provide voluntary informed consent via the REDCap platform
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA Florida JFK Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Atlantis | United States | Unknown status |
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