Status:
COMPLETED
Nutritional Interventions in Chronic Heart Failure
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Conditions:
Chronic Heart Failure
Nutrition
Eligibility:
All Genders
20+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This study recruited patients diagnosed with heart failure by cardiologists and cardiac outpatients whose cardiac functions were graded from 1 to 4 according to the New York Heart Association as the s...
Detailed Description
Malnutrition may be caused by decreased nutrient intake or absorption, inflammation, or other disease-related mechanisms. Malnutrition resulting from disease or injury may be caused by decreased food ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients diagnosed with CHF by a cardiologist. Clinical patients with the functional classification of NYHA FcI-NYHA FcⅣ according to the New York Heart Association (NYHA).
- Adults aged 20 years or older who are conscious, have normal cognitive function, can walk without assistance, and do not require breathing aids. Additionally, participants must be able to answer questionnaires in Mandarin Chinese or Taiwanese, either orally or in writing.
- Patients who have agreed to participate in the study by completing a consent form.
Exclusion
- Patients with an expected survival period of less than 6 months because of a disease not related to CHF
- Long-term bed-bound patients
- Patients with no potential for rehabilitation because of decline in functions of neural or musculoskeletal systems
- Patients with severe disorders of consciousness or cognitive disorders or those with mental illness
- Patients who require breathing aids for an extended period of time
- Patients with end-stage severe CHF who have been diagnosed by doctors as unable to recover within a short period
- Patients who are scheduled to undergo coronary artery bypass surgery or a heart valve surgery within 1 month
- Patients who are on hemodialysis or are awaiting a kidney transplant
- Patients with severe pulmonary diseases who require long-term home oxygen therapy
- Patients who themselves decline to participate or who have a family member who objects to their participation.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 19 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 13 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
95 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03845309
Start Date
February 19 2019
End Date
December 13 2020
Last Update
February 2 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan Univeristy Hospital Yun-Lin branch
Douliu, Yunlin County, Taiwan, 640