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Heart failure management: Multidisciplinary care has intrinsic benefit above the optimization of medical care
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians 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: Home-care, Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise capacity (including effort test) | Exercise capacity | New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class of chronic HF |
| Hospital admissions | Cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions | N/A |
| Knowledge | Knowledge | N/A |
| Quality of life | Quality of life | N/A |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
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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| Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity | ||||||||
| Hospital admissions - Cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions | ||||||||
| Knowledge - Knowledge | ||||||||
| Quality of life - Quality of life |
Learn more about the intervention: Education based intervention
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To learn more about the cost-effectiveness of self-management interventions check our section on the topic: Cost-effectiveness
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To learn more about the contextual factors that can facilitate or hinder the implementation of a self-management intervention check our section on the topic: Contextual factors
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