IRCT2014051717727N1 IRCT 2014-08-23 Shahid Beheshti university of Medical Sciences Effect of education and follow up on readmission for the heart failure patients after discharge Evaluating the effect of education and follow-up on readmission rates for the heart failure patients after discharge 2014-08-23 anticipated 120 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/16217 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Health service research, Other design features: For the purpose of blinding random allocation was done with other person. Randomization Method: Block Randomization was used to equalized the number of patients in both control and intervention groups. 3 Related of education and follow-up on readmission rates for the Heart Failure Patients after discharge. Intervention 1: Intervention group: there are two parts of intervention; the first part is Patients and their family education about the life style, drug consumption, and warning signs were performed in 20 till 25 minutes immediately after discharge, according to the educational package endorsed by Community Medicine Specialist and Cardiologists, then educational pamphlets were given to them. The second part is Phone call follow-up was performed once a week in first month and then every two weeks in the latter two months and the time spending on every session were 10 minutes which could be changed according to the patients’ needs. In every phone call, the information about primary outcomes were asked and recorded according to the control check lists. The patients guided according to their needs, and their questions were answered. Intervention 2: Control group: Patients in control group get the routine care and had been called just every two weeks to record the information about primary data according to the control check lists and the time spending on every session was 5 minutes.