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A simplified education program improves knowledge, self-care behavior, and disease severity in heart failure patients in rural settings

Author: Caldwell, M. A. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 36 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise

Outcomes measured in the study

Desenlace Medida Tool
Knowledge Knowledge HF selfcare N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS-9)

Patient characteristics

Age: 71.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 14.7) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 47.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 16.1) 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

Desenlace Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
Knowledge - Knowledge HF selfcare
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy