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Age: 62.63 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.58)
Gender: 1 females/78 males
Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A
Severity of the disease: 27.04 (+/- a standard deviation of 8.64)
Multi-morbidity: N/A
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Effects of a home walking exercise program on functional status and symptoms in heart failure
Author: Corvera-Tindel, T.
Country/countries: United States
Number of patients participating in the study: 79
This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques
Intervention components: E+MT
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
See more Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
Components
Education (E)
Monitoring techniques (MT)
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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Breathlessness (Dyspnea) | Dyspnea | Dyspnea/Fatigue Index |
Exercise capacity (including effort test) | Exercise capacity | Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET) |
Exercise capacity (including effort test) | Exercise capacity | 6-min walking test (6MWT) |
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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Breathlessness (Dyspnea) - Dyspnea | ||||||||
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity | ||||||||
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity |
Learn more about the intervention: Monitoring techniques
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