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Age: 61.9 years (+/- a standard deviation of 14.4)
Gender: 39.5% female
Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A
Severity of the disease: N/A
Multi-morbidity: N/A
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A randomized trial of the efficacy of multidisciplinary care in heart failure outpatients at high risk of hospital readmission
Author: Kasper, E. K.
Country/countries: United States
Number of patients participating in the study: 200
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: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Components
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques
Intervention components: E+MT+AB
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Components
Education (E)
Monitoring techniques (MT)
Action-based behavioural change techniques (AB)
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Outcomes measured in the study
Outcome | Measure | Tool |
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Exercise capacity (including effort test) | Exercise capacity | Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) |
Hospital admissions | HF-related hospital admissions | N/A |
Mortality | All causes of mortality | N/A |
Quality of life | Quality of life | N/A |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
Tool: 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 |
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Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity | ||||||||
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions | ||||||||
Mortality - All causes of mortality | ||||||||
Quality of life - Quality of life |
Learn more about the intervention: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques
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Related contextual analysis |
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