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Promoting Well-being and Health in Heart Failure

Description

The focus of this study is to test the efficacy of a 12-week, phone-delivered Positive Psychology-Motivational Interviewing (PP-MI) intervention, with additional twice weekly PP and health behavior text messages for a total of 24 weeks (with interactive, algorithm-driven, goal-focused text messages in the final 12 weeks), compared to an attention-matched MI-based educational condition, in a randomized trial (NIH Stage II) of 280 patients with New York Heart Association class I-III Heart Failure (HF).

Conditions

Heart FailureHeart Failure NYHA Class IHeart Failure NYHA Class IIHeart Failure NYHA Class III
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Related Conditions:

Heart FailureHeart Failure NYHA Class IHeart Failure NYHA Class IIHeart Failure NYHA Class III

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Study Details

Study overview

The focus of this study is to test the efficacy of a 12-week, phone-delivered Positive Psychology-Motivational Interviewing (PP-MI) intervention, with additional twice weekly PP and health behavior text messages for a total of 24 weeks (with interactive, algorithm-driven, goal-focused text messages in the final 12 weeks), compared to an attention-matched MI-based educational condition, in a randomized trial (NIH Stage II) of 280 patients with New York Heart Association class I-III Heart Failure (HF).

A Novel Behavioral Intervention to Promote Adherence in Heart Failure

Promoting Well-being and Health in Heart Failure

Condition
Heart Failure
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult patients with NYHA class I, II, or III HF.
  • * Suboptimal adherence to health behaviors. This will be defined as a total score of ≤15 on three Medical Outcomes Study Specific Adherence Scale (MOS) items regarding diet/exercise/medications.
  • * Cognitive deficits impeding a participant's ability to provide informed consent or participate, assessed via a 6-item cognitive test.
  • * Medical conditions likely to lead to death within 6 months.
  • * Inability to participate in physical activity due to another medical condition (e.g., arthritis).
  • * Inability to read, write, or speak in English.
  • * Current participation in another intervention or program that has been designed to promote well-being or health behavior adherence.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Massachusetts General Hospital,

Christopher M Celano, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Record Dates

2026-06-30