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Does self-management counseling in patients with heart failure improve quality of life? Findings from the Heart Failure Adherence and Retention Trial (HART)

Author: Grady, K. L. Country/countries: United States Number of patients participating in the study: 902 This study was focused on patients living with Heart Failure
Intervention analysed in the study: Education delivered remotely Intervention components: E+R
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Setting of implementation: Home-care Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring, action-based behavioural techniques and emotional-based behavioural techniques and social support delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+EB+SS+G
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Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Handling /managing emotions, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring

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

Patient characteristics

Age: 63.6 years (+/- a standard deviation of 13.5) Gender: 427 females 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 - HF-related hospital admissions
Hospital admissions - All-cause hospital admissions
Mortality - All causes of mortality

Other publications associated with this study

Self-management counseling in patients with heart failure: the heart failure adherence and retention randomized behavioral trial Link: 10.1001/jama.2010.1362. Quality of life in a diverse population of patients with heart failure: BASELINE FINDINGS FROM THE HEART FAILURE ADHERENCE AND RETENTION TRIAL (HART) Link: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e31819a0266. The Heart Failure Adherence and Retention Trial (HART): design and rationale Link: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.05.011