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Age: 70.8 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.47)
Gender: 33 females/65 males
Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A
Severity of the disease: 37.0 (+/- a standard deviation of 13.0)
Multi-morbidity: N/A
COMPAR-EU RCTs Web
Heart failure management: Multidisciplinary care has intrinsic benefit above the optimization of medical care
Link:
10.1054/jcaf.2002.124340
Author: McDonald, K.
Country/countries: Ireland
Number of patients participating in the study: 98
This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care
Intervention components: UC
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Components
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Intervention analysed in the study: Education based intervention
Intervention components: E
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care, Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care, Hospital care (hospitalized), Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence
Components
Education (E)
Individual sessions
A single person receives the self-management support. Examples: self-guided actions (without the participation of any other person) during a clinical visit or within the context of a support or educational session
Face-to-face
Self-management support delivered in a face-to-face encounter between the providers and patients and/or caregivers.
Outcomes measured in the study
Outcome | Measure | Tool |
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Exercise capacity (including effort test) | Exercise capacity | New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class of chronic HF |
Hospital admissions | Cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions | N/A |
Knowledge | Knowledge | N/A |
Quality of life | Quality of life | N/A |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: N/A
Tool: 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 |
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Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity | ||||||||
Hospital admissions - Cardiovascular-related hospital readmissions | ||||||||
Knowledge - Knowledge | ||||||||
Quality of life - Quality of life |
Learn more about the intervention: Education based intervention
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