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How effective is an in-hospital heart failure self-care program in a Japanese setting? Lessons from a randomized controlled pilot study

Author: Kato, N. P. Country/countries: Japan Number of patients participating in the study: 38 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: Hospital care (hospitalized) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Medication use and adherence
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Hospital care (hospitalized) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses, Pharmacists Targeted self-management behaviours: Condition-specific behaviours, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Knowledge Knowledge N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Self-efficacy Self-efficacy European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS-9)

Patient characteristics

Age: 63.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 14.0) Gender: 31.0% female 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
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Knowledge - Knowledge
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy