Table 1.
Assessment measures at baseline and post-intervention evaluations
| Measures | Baseline | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment One b | Assessment Two c | ||
| Physical functioning | |||
| Physical examination (BP/HR/RR/weight/NYHA class, BNP) | X | X | X |
| Echocardiogram | X | X | |
| ‘Up and Go’ test | X | X | X |
| Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (TIADL) | X | X | X |
| Unplanned readmission/survival | X | X | |
| Self-care | |||
| Heart-FaST | X | X | |
| Patient engagement in self-care: (SCHFI and four consulting items from the EHFScBS) | X | X | X |
| Nurses and carer assessment of patient engagement in self-care | X | X | X |
| Review of patient symptom monitoring diary and how they perform self-care maintenance behaviours | X | X | |
| Control Attitudes Scale - Revised (CAS-R) | X | X | X |
| Psychosocial functioning | |||
| Quality of life (SF-12)a | X | X | X |
| Dyadic HF care typology | X | ||
| Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)a | X | X | X |
| Cognitive functioning for HF patients | |||
| Cognitive screen (MoCA)a | X | X | X |
| Assessment of PM (MIST, brief version of Virtual Week and naturalistic task)a | X | X | X |
| Working memory, executive functioning, verbal memory (CogState, N-Back, Trail Making Test)a | X | X | X |
| Premorbid intelligence (NART)a | X | ||
| Caregiver | |||
| Health screening questionnaire | X | ||
| Caregiver (or next of kin) Contribution to Self-Care (CC-SCHFI) | X | X | X |
| Control Attitudes Scale - Revised (CAS-R) | X | X | X |
| Dyadic HF care typology | X | ||
| Quality of life (SF-12)a | X | X | X |
| Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI) | X | X | X |
| Proxy - IADL | X | X | X |
Key: BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; BP, blood pressure; CC-SCHFI, Caregiver Contribution Self-Care Heart Failure Index; EHFScBS, European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale; Heart-FaST, Heart Failure Self-care Screening Tool; HF, heart failure; HR, heart rate; IADL, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MIST, Memory for Intentions Screening Test; MoCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; NYHA class, NART; National Adult Reading TestNew York Heart Association Classification; PM, prospective memory; RR, respiratory rate; SCHFI, Self-Care Heart Failure Index; SF-12, Short-Form 12-item health survey.
aMeasures will also be collected from healthy non-HF controls at baseline; b2 to 4 weeks post cognitive training; c12 months post cognitive training.