Breadcrumb

null

COMPAR-EU RCTs Web

Disease management produces limited quality-of-life improvements in patients with congestive heart failure: evidence from a randomized trial in community-dwelling patients

Author: Smith, B. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 1069 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
See more
Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Education delivered remotely Intervention components: E+R
See more
Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: 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 techniques delivered remotely Intervention components: E+MT+R
See more
Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Device management, 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
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 70.9 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.3) Gender: 29.0% female 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
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Long-term healthcare and cost outcomes of disease management in a large, randomized, community-based population with heart failure Link: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000148957.62328.89 Disease management produces limited quality-of-life improvements in patients with congestive heart failure: evidence from a randomized trial in community-dwelling patients Cost-effectiveness of telephonic disease management in heart failure