An interventional study of Discharge Education of Chinese Medicine in Heart Failure, sponsored by Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-02-27.
Sponsored by Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education alone is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.
Although interventions combining patient education and postdischarge management have demonstrated benefits in patients with chronic heart failure, the benefit attributable to patient education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine is not known. The investigators hypothesized that a patient discharge education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine program would improve clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure.
Exclusion Criteria:
1-hour, one-on-one teaching session with a educator to the standard discharge education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Behavioral: Discharge Education of Chinese Medicine
no discharge education
Discharge Education of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
total number of days hospitalized
total number of days hospitalized in the 84-day follow-up period.
Time frame: 84 days
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