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Age: 70.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 10.48)
Gender: 45 females
Time since diagnosis of Heart Failure: N/A
Severity of the disease: N/A
Multi-morbidity: N/A
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Computer-based education for patients with chronic heart failure. A randomised, controlled, multicentre trial of the effects on knowledge, compliance and quality of life
Author: Strömberg, A.
Country/countries: Sweden
Number of patients participating in the study: 154
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: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital) Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses Targeted self-management behaviours: Eating behaviours, Physical activity /exercise, Self-monitoring
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: Education based intervention
Intervention components: E
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital), Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Physical management, Self-monitoring
See more Setting of implementation: Outpatient care (hospital), Virtual location Professionals delivering the intervention: Nurses, Service Targeted self-management behaviours: Cessation or reduction of alcohol and other harmful consumptions, Early recognition of symptoms, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Physical management, Self-monitoring
Components
Education (E)
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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Adherence to medication or other treatment | Adherence to medication | N/A |
Knowledge | Knowledge | N/A |
Quality of life | Quality of life | EuroQoL (EQ-5D-5L) - generic HRQoL |
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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Adherence to medication or other treatment - Adherence to medication | ||||||||
Knowledge - Knowledge | ||||||||
Quality of life - Quality of life |
Learn more about the intervention: Education based intervention
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Related contextual analysis |
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