Digital health intervention to <i>opt</i>imise <i>h</i>eart <i>f</i>ailure management after hospital discharge in Brazil (OPT-HF): a randomised clinical trial protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) for heart failure (HF) reduces adverse events, but is underused. Global barriers to GDMT optimisation include low frequency of visits, clinician inertia and poor patient knowledge, which may be mitigated by digital health interventions (DHI). In Brazil, low digital literacy and reduced access to technology may compromise these potential DHI's beneficial effects. Our objective is to develop and test the effectiveness of a DHI to optimise GDMT in patients recently hospitalised for HF in the Brazilian public health system (Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS)).

Methods and analysis

This is a randomised, controlled, multicentre, parallel-group, clinical trial in which 154 patients being discharged from an HF-related hospitali

SUBMITTER: Ciminelli AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12007031 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature