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Age: 75.81 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.27)
Gender: 169 females
Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A
Severity of the disease: 49.63 (+/- a standard deviation of 17.09)
Multi-morbidity: N/A
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[Randomized controlled clinical trial of a home care unit intervention to reduce readmission and death rates in patients discharged from hospital following admission for heart failure]
Author: Aldamiz-Echevarria Iraurgui, B.
Country/countries: Spain
Number of patients participating in the study: 279
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
See more Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A 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: Education based intervention
Intervention components: E
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence
Components
Education (E)
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
Effekt | Messgröße | Tool |
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Hospital admissions | All-cause hospital readmissions | N/A |
Hospital admissions | Emergency room/department visits | N/A |
Hospital admissions | Hospital days (Lenght of stay) | N/A |
Hospital admissions | HF-related hospital readmissions | N/A |
Hospital admissions | Cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions | N/A |
Mortality | All causes of mortality | N/A |
Mortality | Cardiovascular-related mortality | N/A |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
Tool: N/A
Risk of Bias of this study
Effekt | 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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Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital readmissions | ||||||||
Hospital admissions - Emergency room/department visits | ||||||||
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital readmissions | ||||||||
Hospital admissions - Cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions | ||||||||
Hospital admissions - Hospital days (Lenght of stay) | ||||||||
Mortality - All causes of mortality | ||||||||
Mortality - Cardiovascular-related mortality |
Learn more about the intervention: Education based intervention
Summary of findings | |
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