Coaches help to reduce heart failure re-admissions

Coaches help to reduce heart failure re-admissions Professor James Calvin from Western University’s Department of Medicine presents his important research comparing two innovative methods for supporting patients in managing heart failure. Recently, my collaborators and I published a pilot pragmatic factorial trial comparing a coaching intervention and a smartphone reminder intervention. Patients were recruited into the pilot study and randomised into four intervention groups: COACH, SMARTPHONE reminder, BOTH interventions, or TREATMENT AS USUAL (TAU) care, using a parallel group design. This study aimed to determine whether coaching or smartphone reminder interventions could reduce all-cause hospital re-admission within six months of randomization, medication adherence to evidence-based therapy, and salt restriction.