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Effectiveness of transcendental meditation on functional capacity and quality of life of African Americans with congestive heart failure: a randomized control study

Author: Jayadevappa, Ravishankar Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 23 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+G
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Self-monitoring
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques lead by peers delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB+P+G
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Lay person Targeted self-management behaviours: Handling /managing emotions, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A
Quality of life Quality of life Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36)
Quality of life Quality of life Quality of Well-Being - Self-administered (QWB-SA)

Patient characteristics

Age: 64.14 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.25) 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
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life
Quality of life - Quality of life