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Impact of a comprehensive telephone-based disease management programme on quality-of-life in patients with heart failure

Author: Ramachandran, K. Country/countries: India Number of patients participating in the study: 50 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: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques and social support delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+SS+G
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians, Social worker Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

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 New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class of chronic HF
Quality of life Quality of life Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)

Patient characteristics

Age: 44.6 years (+/- a standard deviation of 12.01) Gender: 11 females Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 21.8 (+/- a standard deviation of 7.25) 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