A Two-way Communication System to Coach Elderly Patients With Heart Failure

Launched by HASSELT UNIVERSITY · Sep 26, 2017

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age ≥ 60
• • Patient has to be followed in Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg or Jessa Ziekenhuis Hasselt and has to live in the region Genk - Hasselt
• • The patient has to be cognitive strong enough and speak enough Dutch to communicate about their health situation and to understand the smartphone application
• • The diagnosis of systolic heart failure or severe myocardial infarction has to be done during consultation or hospitalization
• • Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \<45%
• • Treatment minimally with ACE-I and BB On the basis of an interview between the heart failure nurse and patient, one will decide if the patient is eligible to join the study. The patient also needs to speak sufficient Dutch to be communicative about his/her medical condition.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Reversible form of heart failure
• • Heart failure due to severe aortic stenosis
• • At the time of inclusion a eGFR less than 30ml/min/kg
• • Presence of a cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device
• • Active treatment with either ACE-I/ARB or BB
• • Patient that are subscribed in a cardiac revalidation program when leaving the hospital
• • Patients with severe form of COPD (GOLD III)