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Promoting Well-being and Health in Heart Failure
A Novel Behavioral Intervention to Promote Adherence in Heart Failure
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion 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. Exclusion Criteria: * 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.
About the study
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).
What is being tested
- PP-MI Intervention (behavioral)
- MI-alone Intervention (behavioral)
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital · Participants: 280 · Started: Nov 29, 2021
Contact the study team
- Christohper M Celano, MD · Phone: 617-726-6485
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04829617
Locations in the U.S.
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 29, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.