Heart Failure Self Care Education in Rwanda

Sponsor
Boston Medical Center
Study ID
NCT07722468
Status
Not Yet Recruiting

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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
10 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • HF Education — OTHER
    The non-communicable disease clinic nurse educator will deliver the education. An illustrated flip book to guide the education. Participants will be given a simplified handout summarizing key educational objectives. These educational tools are translated in Kinyarwanda.

Study Details

In Rwanda, patients with heart failure may have low health education about their condition. Heart failure care requires active patient involvement. Self-care of heart failure requires healthy lifestyle, attention to symptoms, proper action when new symptoms develop. However, many patients may choose to stop taking medications when they are feeling well, or disregard new symptoms when they develop and delaying care until their condition is more severe. Educating patients in self-care for heart failure can be achieved by clinical staff with the support of patient handbooks or flip books. Self-care education materials have been developed by the research team in Haiti and have been adapted for Rwanda. This study will use a cluster, stepped wedge design. Patients are already in clusters based on their health facility. The order of implementation will be randomized by the cluster. The primary outcome is heart failure knowledge assessed pre- and post-intervention through a structured survey.

Key Dates

First listed
Jul 23, 2026
Start date
Sep 30, 2026
Status verified
Jul 2026
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2028
Completion
Dec 31, 2028

Study Design

Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Arms

  • Experimental: Group-based HF Education
    A one-day group-based educational intervention about HF will be provided eligible participants,

Primary Outcome Measure

Self-care of Heart Failure (HF) [ Time Frame: Baseline, 4 weeks, 3 months, 6 months ]

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