Sensor-controlled Digital Game for Heart Failure Self-management: A Clinical Trial

Description

This study evaluates a sensor-controlled digital game (SCDG) to motivate self-management behaviors of weight monitoring and physical activity in adults with heart failure (HF). Half of the participants will receive the SCDG app and weight monitoring and physical activity sensors and the other half will receive only the weight monitoring and physical activity sensors.

Conditions

Heart Failure

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Study overview

This study evaluates a sensor-controlled digital game (SCDG) to motivate self-management behaviors of weight monitoring and physical activity in adults with heart failure (HF). Half of the participants will receive the SCDG app and weight monitoring and physical activity sensors and the other half will receive only the weight monitoring and physical activity sensors.

Sensor-controlled Digital Game for Heart Failure Selfmanagement Behavior Adherence: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Sensor-controlled Digital Game for Heart Failure Self-management: A Clinical Trial

Condition
Heart Failure
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Austin

The University of Texas Austin, Austin, Texas, United States, 78701

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Age 45 years or older
  • * New York Heart Association (NYHA) heart failure classification of I to III that permits minimal physical activity without discomfort
  • * have experienced HF hospitalization in the past 12 months
  • * be fluent in English
  • * Pass a mini-cognitive screen
  • * Score of less than 2 (able to independently walk without using a cane or walker) on the Outcome and Assessment Information Set item for ambulation/locomotion
  • * severe visual (e.g., legally blind) or tactile (e.g., severe arthritis) impairments that adversely prevent the use of a smartphone or sensor devices;
  • * a history of renal failure, which adversely affects HF prognosis
  • * a diagnosis of an end-stage or terminal illness (e.g., cancer)
  • * undergone heart transplantation, or implantation of a durable mechanical circulatory support device (e.g., left ventricular assist device) due to unique self-management needs.

Ages Eligible for Study

45 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Texas at Austin,

Kavita Radhakrishnan, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, The University of Texas Austin

Study Record Dates

2025-12-28