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SOCIAL_HF: Improving Social Frailty Through Interactive Learning
Led by The University of Hong Kong · Updated on 2025-11-18
208
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
106 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether the WeChat-based program "Social Optimization Chat for Interactive Learning for Heart Failure" (SOCIAL\_HF) can improve social frailty in elderly patients with heart failure. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can a 6-week WeChat online group interactive learning program (SOCIAL\_HF) improve social frailty? Does the intervention enhance self-care abilities, social participation, and perceived social support? Researchers will compare SOCIAL\_HF to usual care (self-study heart failure self-care manual) to assess whether SOCIAL\_HF can improve social functioning. Participants will: Engage in weekly WeChat video meetings for six weeks (Participate in peer sharing and collaborative tasks). Complete daily health task check-ins. Access online self-care resources.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
SOCIAL_HF: Improving Social Frailty Through Interactive Learning
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age 60 years or older
- Living in the community
- Confirmed diagnosis of heart failure based on Framingham criteria
- Heart failure diagnosis for 6 months or longer
- Evidence of social pre-frailty or frailty with SFS-8 score of 2 or higher
- Ownership of a smartphone and experience using WeChat
- Ability to read and write Chinese
You will not qualify if you...
- Severe cognitive impairment or dementia
- Known mental illnesses
- Communication barriers such as illiteracy, reading disabilities, speaking only local dialect, or language comprehension difficulties
- Untreated severe hearing loss or vision impairments affecting learning or interaction on WeChat
- Currently participating in other intervention studies
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Fudan University Affiliated Huadong Hospital
Shanghai, China
Not Yet Recruiting
2
Shanghai Baoshan District Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital
Shanghai, China
Not Yet Recruiting
3
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Songjiang Hospital
Shanghai, China
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Miao Miao
CONTACT
D
Doris Yu
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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