TEXT4HF: Text Messaging for Heart Failure Self-Care
This study, called TEXT4HF, is looking at whether personalized text messages can help older adults with heart failure better manage their condition. Heart failure is a serious long-term illness where the heart can't pump enough blood. The study aims to see if these text messages are practical and helpful. You would be randomly placed into one of two groups for 12 weeks: one group receives five personalized text messages a week, in addition to their usual care, and the other group only receives usual care. To join, you need to be at least 50 years old, have heart failure, own a mobile phone with a text plan, and have some difficulty with heart failure self-care. The study is currently unclear on its recruitment status and plans to enroll 30 participants.
- Study design
- This is a randomized controlled trial, meaning participants are randomly assigned to either the text messaging group or the usual care group. It involves 30 participants.
- What's involved
- Participants will receive either text messages for 12 weeks or usual care. Self-care will be measured at the start, at 4 weeks, and at 12 weeks.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants are followed for 12 weeks, with measurements taken at baseline, 4 weeks, and 12 weeks.
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TEXT4HF: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Tailored Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Self-Care in Older Adult Patients With Heart Failure
At a glance
Conditions
NCT06473532
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
University of Illinois, Chicago
Chicago, Illinoisstudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Jonathan W Leigh, MPH, MSHI · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Illinois at Chicago
- Spyros Kitsiou, PhD · STUDY_CHAIR · University of Illinois at Chicago
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Change in Self-Care MaintenanceBaseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks
Self-care maintenance will be measured with Subscale A of the Self-Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v.7.2, which includes 10-items. Standardized scores in this scale range from 0 to 100. A total score of ≥70 indicates adequate self-care.
- Change in Self-care Symptom PerceptionBaseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks
Self-care symptom perception will be measured the Self-Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v.7.2, Subscale B, which includes 9-items. Standardized scores in this scale range from 0 to 100. A total score of ≥70 indicates adequate self-care.
- Change in Self-care self-managementBaseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks
Self-care self-management will be measured with the Self-Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) v.7.2, Subscale C, which includes 8-items. Standardized scores in this scale range from 0 to 100. A total score of ≥70 indicates adequate self-care.