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A randomized trial of the efficacy of multidisciplinary care in heart failure outpatients at high risk of hospital readmission

Author: Kasper, E. K. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 200 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: Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care, Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity Duke Activity Status Index (DASI)
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A
Quality of life Quality of life N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 61.9 years (+/- a standard deviation of 14.4) Gender: 39.5% 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
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality
Quality of life - Quality of life