Educational Program for Various Health Literacy Levels to Improve the Health of Individuals With Heart Failure

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

605

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2007

Primary Completion Date

February 28, 2011

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2011

Conditions
Heart Failure, Congestive
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Teach to Goal (TTG)

The TTG program includes the Brief Educational Intervention (BEI) educational intervention, as well as education about diuretic self adjustment. In addition, follow-up phone calls are given to the TTG group to further reinforce the initial training and provide further training so participants will master the task.

BEHAVIORAL

Brief Educational Intervention (BEI)

The BEI is a one hour educational session on CHF, symptom recognition, diet, exercise, and daily checkups.

Trial Locations (4)

27599

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill

60611

Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation Clinics & Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, Chicago

90024

University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles

94143

University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

lead

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

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