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Heart failure patients get a lesson in Self-Care: study tests if knowledge saves lives
NCT ID NCT07451457
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a structured education program helps heart failure patients understand their condition and practice self-care. About 1000 adults hospitalized for heart failure will take part. They attend a one-hour interactive session led by doctors and nurses, then complete questionnaires before, after, and up to a year later to measure knowledge and self-care habits.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- structured patient education programme
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simple education program helps heart failure patients better manage their condition and reduce hospital visits.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It measures knowledge and self-care, not direct health outcomes. Results may not apply to all heart failure patients.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
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, as well as adult patients treated at the Heart Failure Outpatient Clinics of each Institute are scheduled to participate in a complex, structured heart failure patient education programme between June 1, 2023, and December 31, 2026.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Gottsegen National Cardiovascular Center
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1096, Hungary
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