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Cost-Effectiveness of a Home Visit Program for Patients with Heart Failure in Brazil: Evidence from a Randomized Clinical Trial

Author: Ruschel, K. B. Country/countries: Brazil Number of patients participating in the study: 252 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: Shared decision making Intervention components: E+SD
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions Emergency room/department visits N/A
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Knowledge Knowledge N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 62.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 13.0) Gender: N/A 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 - Emergency room/department visits
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Knowledge - Knowledge
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy

Other publications associated with this study

A nurse-based strategy reduces heart failure morbidity in patients admitted for acute decompensated heart failure in Brazil: the HELEN-II clinical trial Link: 10.1002/ejhf.125.