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Comparison of Health Buddy® with Traditional Approaches to Heart Failure Management

Author: LaFramboise, L. M. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 90 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques delivered remotely Intervention components: E+AB+EB+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Smoking cessation or reduction, Social roles
Intervention analysed in the study: Action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+AB+EB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Condition-specific behaviours, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Smoking cessation or reduction, Social roles
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques delivered remotely Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Service, health care provider Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Smoking cessation or reduction, Social roles
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based and emotional-based behavioural techniques Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Service, health care provider Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Communication with healthcare and/or social care providers, Condition-specific behaviours, Device management, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Smoking cessation or reduction, Social roles

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
Exercise capacity (including effort test) Exercise capacity 6-min walking test (6MWT)
Quality of life Quality of life Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36)

Patient characteristics

Age: 70.3 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.56) Gender: 50.0% female/50.0% 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
Exercise capacity (including effort test) - Exercise capacity
Quality of life - Quality of life