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Extending the horizon in chronic heart failure: Effects of multidisciplinary, home-based intervention relative to usual care

Author: Inglis, S. C. Country/countries: Australia Number of patients participating in the study: 297 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: Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Social support Intervention components: E+SS
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital readmissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 75.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.5) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 38.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 10.5) 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
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital readmissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality