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Impact of patient education on chronic heart failure in primary care (ETIC): a cluster randomised trial

Link: 10.1186/s12875-016-0473-4
Author: Vaillant-Roussel, H. Country/countries: France Number of patients participating in the study: 241 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: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+AB+EB
See more Setting of implementation: Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Social roles

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Body Weight (Management) Body Mass Index (BMI) N/A
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions Hospital days (Lenght of stay) N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 74.1 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.6) 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
Body Weight (Management) - Body Mass Index (BMI)
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay)
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Patient education in chronic heart failure in primary care (ETIC) and its impact on patient quality of life: design of a cluster randomised trial Link: 10.1186/s12875-014-0208-3.