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Case management for patients with chronic systolic heart failure in primary care: the HICMan exploratory randomised controlled trial

Author: Peters-Klimm, F. Country/countries: Germany Number of patients participating in the study: 199 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: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+EB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS-9)

Patient characteristics

Age: 69.64 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.85) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: 1.0

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
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy

Other publications associated with this study

Rationale, design and conduct of a randomised controlled trial evaluating a primary care-based complex intervention to improve the quality of life of heart failure patients: HICMan (Heidelberg Integrated Case Management) Link: 10.1186/1471-2261-7-25.