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Cost-effectiveness of nurse-led disease management for heart failure in an ethnically diverse urban community

Author: Hebert, P. L. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 406 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: Monitoring techniques Intervention components: E+MT
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital), Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 59.4 years (+/- a standard deviation of 13.7) Gender: 46 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
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - Emergency room/department visits
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Cost-effectiveness of nurse-led disease management for heart failure in an ethnically diverse urban community Link: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-8-200810210-00006. Effects of nurse management on the quality of heart failure care in minority communities: a randomized trial Link: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-4-200608150-00007.