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Patients' health literacy and experience with instructions: Influence preferences for heart failure medication instructions
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Components
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
See more Setting of implementation: Community-based care Professionals delivering the intervention: Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Medication use and adherence
Components
Education (E)
Education (E)
Sharing information. This form of support consists in sharing of information about self-management topics like coping with symptoms, diet, exercise, medication, information about what other people are doing, and information about the disease itself, or about any other relevant aspects that could lead to improved self-management, and ultimately better health. This information can be told or distributed in printed materials like a folder or workbook, or via website or DVD.
Examples: Educational session on healthy eating for people with obesity, provision of a printed leaflet on the importance of foot care in diabetes, or a link to a website with information on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care.
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Outcomes measured in the study
| Outcome | Measure | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| Adherence to medication or other treatment | Adherence to medication | Medication Event Monitoring System (MEMS) |
| Hospital admissions | Emergency room/department visits | N/A |
| Hospital admissions | All-cause hospital admissions | N/A |
| Hospital admissions | HF-related hospital admissions | N/A |
| Hospital admissions | Cardiovascular-related hospital admissions | N/A |
| Quality of life | Quality of life | Chronic Heart Failure Questionnaire (CHQ) |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: 1.0
Tool: 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 |
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| Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication | ||||||||
| Hospital admissions - Emergency room/department visits | ||||||||
| Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions | ||||||||
| Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions | ||||||||
| Hospital admissions - Cardiovascular-related hospital admissions | ||||||||
| Quality of life - Quality of life |
Other publications associated with this study
Learn more about the intervention: Education based intervention
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