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Life sciences · Interventional Study
ClinicalTrials.gov · September 21, 2026
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Registry record from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06473532). This is a study registration, not published results. Lead sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago. Recruitment status: COMPLETED. Phase: NA. Study type: INTERVENTIONAL. Enrollment: 26 participants (ACTUAL). Conditions: Heart Failure. Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: TEXT4HF. Primary outcome measures: Change in Self-Care Maintenance , Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks; Change in Self-care Symptom Perception , Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks; Change in Self-care self-management , Baseline, 4 weeks, 12 weeks. Brief summary: The goal of this study is to determine whether an individually tailored text messaging intervention can improve self-care in older adult patients with heart failure. The main question it aims to answer are: * Is a tailored text messaging intervention feasible and acceptable among older adult patients with heart failure? * Does tailored text messaging improve self-care in adult patients with heart failure? Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups for 12 weeks: 1) intervention (text messaging); or 2) control group. Both groups will receive usual care, which includes regular follow-up visits at the heart failure clinic (standard care), plus a "Discharge Packet for Patients Diagnosed with Heart Failure", developed by the American Heart Association. Both groups will be asked via text messages and/or telephone calls to complete questionnaires at baseline/start, 4 weeks and 12 weeks, about self-care, quality of life, health beliefs, medications, diet, etc. Participants assigned to the intervention group will also receive approximately 5 text messages/week targeting medication adherence, heart-healthy diet, and self-monitoring for 12 weeks.