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A nurse-based management program in heart failure patients affects females and persons with cognitive dysfunction most

Author: Karlsson, M. R. Country/countries: Sweden Number of patients participating in the study: 208 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, Medication use and adherence
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, 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
Quality of life Quality of life Nottingham Health Profile (NHP)

Patient characteristics

Age: 75.8 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.1) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 34.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 0.11) 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
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Limited long term effects of management program for heart failure Link: 10.1136/hrt.2003.014407