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Effectiveness of an educational self-management program for outpatients with chronic heart failure

Author: Otsu, H. Country/countries: Japan Number of patients participating in the study: 102 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: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Adherence to diet as agreed (including salt and water) Adherence to diet N/A
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to excercise N/A
Adherence to medication or other treatment Adherence to medication N/A
Body Weight (Management) Weight (kg/lbs) N/A
Breathlessness (Dyspnea) Dyspnea N/A
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Mortality HF-related mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life Instrument
Self-monitoring Self-monitoring N/A
Swelling (including leg and abdominal edema) Swelling N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 73.1 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.7) 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: 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 diet as agreed (including salt and water) - Adherence to diet
Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication
Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to excercise
Body Weight (Management) - Weight (kg/lbs)
Breathlessness (Dyspnea) - Dyspnea
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Mortality - HF-related mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life
Self-monitoring - Self-monitoring
Swelling (including leg and abdominal edema) - Swelling

Other publications associated with this study

Follow-up study for a disease management program for chronic heart failure 24 months after program commencement. Link: 10.1111/j.1742-7924.2011.00194.x.