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Age: 69.64 years (+/- a standard deviation of 9.85)
Gender: N/A
Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A
Severity of the disease: N/A
Multi-morbidity: N/A
Rationale, design and conduct of a randomised controlled trial evaluating a primary care-based complex intervention to improve the quality of life of heart failure patients: HICMan (Heidelberg Integrated Case Management)
Link:
10.1186/1471-2261-7-25.
COMPAR-EU RCTs Web
Case management for patients with chronic systolic heart failure in primary care: the HICMan exploratory randomised controlled trial
Link:
10.1186/1745-6215-11-56
Author: Peters-Klimm, F.
Country/countries: Germany
Number of patients participating in the study: 199
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: Monitoring and emotional-based behavioural techniques
Intervention components: E+MT+EB
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care, Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care, Primary care centers (GPs) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction
Components
Education (E)
Monitoring techniques (MT)
Emotional-based change techniques (EB)
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital admissions | HF-related hospital admissions | N/A |
| Hospital admissions | All-cause hospital admissions | N/A |
| Mortality | All causes of mortality | N/A |
| Quality of life | Quality of life | N/A |
| Quality of life | Quality of life | Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ) |
| Quality of life | Quality of life | N/A |
| Self-efficacy | Self-efficacy | European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS-9) |
Patient characteristics
Number of co-morbidities: 1.0
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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| Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions | ||||||||
| Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions | ||||||||
| Mortality - All causes of mortality | ||||||||
| Quality of life - Quality of life | ||||||||
| Quality of life - Quality of life | ||||||||
| Quality of life - Quality of life | ||||||||
| Self-efficacy - Self-efficacy |
Other publications associated with this study
Learn more about the intervention: Monitoring and emotional-based behavioural techniques
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