PROspective MEmory Training to improve HEart failUre Self-care (PROMETHEUS): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Table 1 Assessment measures at baseline and post-intervention evaluations

Measures	Baseline
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.

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