Depression, memory, and outcomes in heart failure patients
Part of Heart & circulation, Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how depression and memory problems affect recovery in people hospitalized with worsening chronic heart failure. It aims to find better ways to support patients during their hospital stay.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are in the hospital because your chronic heart failure has gotten worse.
- You are medically stable and can give your consent to join the study.
- You do not have severe memory or thinking problems that would prevent you from filling out a questionnaire.
- You must have had an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) in the last year or be scheduled for one.
- Your hospital stay will be longer than 4 days (96 hours).
- You must be able to see well enough to complete the vision part of a memory test.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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