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Psychoeducational support to post cardiac surgery heart failure patients and their partners--a randomised pilot study

Author: Agren, S. Country/countries: Sweden Number of patients participating in the study: 42 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: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Emotional-based behavioural techniques and social support Intervention components: E+EB+SS
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians, Physiotherapists Targeted self-management behaviours: Handling /managing emotions, Social roles

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Caregiver quality of life Caregiver quality of life Caregiver Burden Scale - total score

Patient characteristics

Age: 66.6 years (+/- a standard deviation of 7.4) Gender: 37 females 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
Caregiver quality of life - Caregiver quality of life

Other publications associated with this study

Caregiving tasks and caregiver burden; effects of an psycho-educational intervention in partners of patients with post-operative heart failure Link: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2015.04.003