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Effects of a nurse-led, clinic and home-based intervention on recurrent hospital use in chronic heart failure

Author: Thompson, D. R. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 106 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Intervention components: UC
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Social support Intervention components: E+SS
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Social roles

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to medication Hill-Bone compliance scale
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital readmissions N/A
N/A N/A N/A
Quality of life Quality of life Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36)
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 72.55 years (+/- a standard deviation of 13.13) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI)
  • 2.5 (+/- a standard deviation of 1.36)

  • 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
Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital readmissions
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life