IRCT2014091319146N1 IRCT 2014-10-11 Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences The effects of group training with teach back method with and without telephone follow-up on quality of life and hospital readmission of patients with heart failure Comparison the effects of group training with teach back method with and without telephone follow-up on quality of life and hospital readmission of patients with heart failure with heart failure 2014-08-11 anticipated 100 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/17204 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Single blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Prevention. N/A Heart failure. Intervention 1: In intervention group, patients will train with group teach back method. At first, details will describe with simple language for patients; then patients will ask to recount the educational training with their own language until access to patients’ comprehension thoroughly. To investigate the effect of telephone follow-up, patients will divide into two groups. The first intervention group will follow up by telephone in second and fourth week after training, but the second intervention group will not follow up by telephone. Then, one month after the training, quality of life and hospital readmission will be evaluated in both groups. Intervention 2: In control group, routine hospital training will present and for assessing the effectiveness of telephone follow-up, patients will divide into two groups. The first control group will follow up by telephone in second and fourth week after training, but the second control group will not follow up by telephone. Then, one month after the training, quality of life and hospital readmission will be evaluated in both groups.