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Heart failure management: Multidisciplinary care has intrinsic benefit above the optimization of medical care

Author: McDonald, K. Country/countries: Ireland Number of patients participating in the study: 98 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: Education based intervention Intervention components: E
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence

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 readmissions N/A
Knowledge Knowledge N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 70.8 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.47) Gender: 33 females/65 males Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 37.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 13.0) 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 readmissions
Knowledge - Knowledge
Quality of life - Quality of life