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Multidisciplinary management of elderly patients with chronic heart failure: five year outcome measures in death and survivor groups

Author: Austin, J. Country/countries: United Kingdom 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
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+G
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses, Ocuppational therapist, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life EuroQoL (EQ-5D-5L) - generic HRQoL
Quality of life Quality of life EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5D VA)

Patient characteristics

Age: 71.85 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.55) 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
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Randomised controlled trial of cardiac rehabilitation in elderly patients with heart failure Link: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2004.10.004 Five-year follow-up findings from a randomized controlled trial of cardiac rehabilitation for heart failure Link: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282f10e87