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Pilot Testing of a Medication Self-Management Transition Intervention for Heart Failure Patients

Author: Barnason, S. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 40 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: Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence
Intervention analysed in the study: Emotional-based behavioural techniques delivered remotely Intervention components: E+EB+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to medication Brief Medication Questionnaire (BMQ)
Quality of life Quality of life Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ)

Patient characteristics

Age: 76.9 years (+/- a standard deviation of 6.5) Gender: 35.0% female/65.0% male Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A Severity of the disease: N/A Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: 1.0

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
Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication
Quality of life - Quality of life