Heart failure patients may benefit from Nurse-Led education
NCT ID NCT07032896
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested whether a nurse-led education program helps people with heart failure improve their self-care, medication and diet compliance, and confidence in managing their condition. Researchers enrolled 66 adults with stable heart failure and provided a 30-minute training session plus follow-up calls. The goal was to see if this simple, low-cost approach could lead to better daily management of heart failure.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nurse-led patient education
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could show that simple education programs help heart failure patients better manage their condition at home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 66 participants, so results may not apply to all heart failure patients. Education alone may not lead to lasting behavior changes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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66 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- 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.
- 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: * Individuals who have been diagnosed with heart failure in the hospital by a specialist physician, * Have stable class I-IV heart failure according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification criteria, * Literate, * Patients whose clinical condition has stabilized, * Diabetes and hypertension under control, * Age 18 and over, * Have acute and chronic heart failure * Individuals who accept the study will be included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Those with a neuromuscular problem, * Those with serious cognitive problems and psychiatric illnesses, * Those with physical limitations (such as visual or hearing impairment, orthopedic problems), * Those under the age of 18, * Those who are illiterate, * Those who wish to withdraw from the study at any stage of the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Akdeniz University Health Services Vocational School, Department of Health Care Services Elderly Care, Antalya, Türkiye
Antalya, Konyaaltı, 07070, Turkey (Türkiye)
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