Cognitive Intervention to Improve Memory in Heart Failure Patients

A three arm randomized controlled trial of 264 heart failure patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

- At least 21 years of age

- Understands English

- Has access to a telephone

- Hears normal conversation

- For patients with hearing aids, able to wear and hear through headsets

- Diagnosis of chronic heart failure, stage C, NYHA I, II or III

- Receiving guideline derived medical therapy

- Heart failure validated by echocardiography or other method in past 2 years

- Able to read a computer screen with or without glasses or lenses

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of drug or alcohol abuse or major psychiatric diagnosis present before the
heart failure diagnosis

- Alzheimer or other dementia diagnosis or central nervous system degenerative disorder

- Terminal cancer

- Patients with baseline Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score of less than 19