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Telephone support to rural and remote patients with heart failure: the Chronic Heart Failure Assessment by Telephone (CHAT) study

Author: Krum, H. Country/countries: Australia Number of patients participating in the study: 405 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: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring techniques delivered remotely Intervention components: E+MT+R
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Physicians Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Physical management, Self-monitoring, Smoking cessation or reduction

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Hospital admissions All-cause hospital admissions N/A
Hospital admissions HF-related hospital admissions N/A
Mortality All causes of mortality N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 73.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.55) Gender: 37.0% female/63.0% male 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
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - HF-related hospital admissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality

Other publications associated with this study

The Chronic Heartfailure Assistance by Telephone (CHAT) study: a new model of care to support aging rural