Web-based Support to Caregivers in Heart Failure

Launched by LINKOEPING UNIVERSITY · May 9, 2021

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a web-based support program designed to help caregivers who take care of family members with heart failure. Caregivers often feel they lack support and want to learn more about how to help their loved ones. The goal of the study is to see if this online program can make caregivers feel more prepared and improve their experiences, such as how they manage health issues and the overall impact of caregiving on their lives.

To participate in this trial, caregivers need to be close relatives of a patient diagnosed with heart failure. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive the support program or be placed on a waiting list for standard care. Over the course of six months, researchers will gather information through questionnaires to measure the effects of the program. This study is important because it involves caregivers in its design, aiming to provide them with better, more accessible support through the 1177 care guide system.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • A close relative identified by the patient who cares for, supports or helps this patient with a verified heart failure diagnosis ICD codes within I42 or I50 (i.e. all types of heart failure).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Relatives who are unable to carry out the data collection or participate in intervention (e.g. non-Swedish speaking, cognitive problems, severe mental illness, addiction)
• • The patient or the close relative have a serious disease with expected short survival of \< 6 months.