NCT07660237Completed
Effects of a Transitional Care Program on Depression, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Care in Patients With Heart Failure
Effects of a Transitional Care Program on Depression, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Care in Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effects of a structured transitional care program on depression, self-efficacy, and self-care behaviors in patients with heart failure. Outcomes will be assessed before discharge and at 1 and 3 months after discharge.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 130 (actual)
- First submitted
- 12 Jun 2026
- Start date
- 19 Jul 2023
- Primary completion date
- 18 Jan 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT07660237
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 130
- From 19 Jul 2023 to the primary completion date, 18 Jan 2024
- 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
- Patients who are unable to be discharged during the current hospitalization. Severe consciousness impairment, cognitive impairment, or severe mental illness affecting study participation.
Other
- Patients who are illiterate or unable to express themselves verbally. Patients who are bedridden long-term or unable to perform self-care activities. Patients who refuse to participate in the study. Patients who are already enrolled in a case management program.
Who the study is looking for
- Patients with a diagnosis of heart failure confirmed by a specialist physician. Patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤40%.
- Age ≥20 years. Clear consciousness and no cognitive impairment. Ability to communicate in Mandarin, Taiwanese, or Hakka. Ability to complete the questionnaire independently or with assistance from the researcher.
Age in the registry: 20 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guishan | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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