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Home-based telerehabilitation is not inferior to a centre-based program in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomised trial

Author: Hwang, R. Country/countries: Australia Number of patients participating in the study: 53 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques and shared decision making delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+SD+G
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses, Ocuppational therapist, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Social worker Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques, action-based behavioural techniques and social support, delivered in groups, remotely Intervention components: E+MT+AB+SS+G+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Device management, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity Balance Outcome Measure for Elder Rehabilitation (BOOMER)
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5D VA)

Patient characteristics

Age: 67.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 12.0) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life