573
Participants
Start Date
November 30, 2015
Primary Completion Date
October 20, 2018
Study Completion Date
May 10, 2019
Behavioral Support
"ENABLE CHF-PC includes:~1. In-person comprehensive Palliative Care Team (PCT) Consultation- as soon as feasible after enrollment.~2. Palliative Care Nurse Coach (PNC) embedded within HF teams, instituting a phone-based 6-session patient and a 4-session caregiver curriculum followed by monthly phone-based supportive care for 48 weeks or patient death.~The PNC uses the manualized curriculum: Charting Your Course (CYC): An Intervention for Patients with Heart Failure and their Families.~Usual Care: Usual heart failure care includes any available supportive care resources and heart failure patient medical management based on national HF guidelines."
Usual HF Care
Usual heart failure care includes any available supportive care resources and heart failure patient medical management based on national HF guidelines.
Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (BVAMC), Birmingham
University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Nursing, Dept. Acute, Chronic and Continuing Care, Birmingham
US Department of Veterans Affairs
FED
University of Alabama at Birmingham
OTHER