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The benefits of using a heart failure management programme in Swedish primary healthcare

Author: Agvall, B. Country/countries: Sweden Number of patients participating in the study: 160 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: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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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, Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

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 admissions N/A
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 75.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.88) Gender: 50 females Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A 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
Hospital admissions - Cardiovascular-related hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Resource use and cost implications of implementing a heart failure program for patients with systolic heart failure in Swedish primary health care Link: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.105