Breadcrumb

null

COMPAR-EU RCTs Web

The effects and costs of home-based rehabilitation for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: The REACH-HF multicentre randomized controlled trial

Link: 10.1177/2047487318806358
Author: Dalal, H. M. Country/countries: United Kingdom Number of patients participating in the study: 216 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: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques and social support Intervention components: E+MT+AB+SS
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity Incremental Shuttle Walking Test (ISWT)
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-5D VA)
Quality of life Quality of life Heart Related Quality of Life (HeartQoL)

Patient characteristics

Age: 69.8 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.95) Gender: N/A Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: 34.0 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
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
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

Clinical effectiveness and costeffectiveness of the Rehabilitation Enablement in Chronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) facilitated self-care rehabilitation intervention in heart failure patients and caregivers: rationale and protocol for a multicentre randomis Link: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009994.