The dynamics of self-care in the course of heart failure management: data from the IN TOUCH study

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  Figure 1. EHFScBs scores of the two groups at baseline and at 9 months. Abbreviations: DMS, disease management system; EHFScBs, European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour scale; ICT, information and communication technology; TM, telemonitoring.

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  Figure 2. Dynamics of self-care (improved, did not change, and worsened) among the groups and the whole study group. Abbreviations: DMS, disease management system; EHFScBs, European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour scale; ICT, information and communication technology; TM, telemonitoring.

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  Figure 3. Factors associated with worsening of self-care. Abbreviations: LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MLHFQ, Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; NYHA, New York Heart Association.

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  Figure 4. Regression tree showing the variables influencing changes in self-care. Notes: Inputs in the tree model (n=118) were the following: intervention group, gender, LVEF, smoking, age, MLHFQ – total scale/physical subscale/emotional subscale, EHFScBs, HADs – Total scale, HADs_D, HADs_A, NYHA class, and NT-pro-BNP. Box plots show the distribution of the change in EHFScBs total score between baseline and 9 months. Central lines represents medians, boxes represent the 25th and 75th percentiles, and whiskers extend to the lowest data point within 1.5 IQR of the lower quartile and the highest data point within 1.5 IQR of the upper quartile. Dots represent extreme values. Abbreviations: EHFScBs_TOT, European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour scale – total score; HADs_A, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale – Anxiety subscale; HADs_D, Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale – Depression subscale; IQR, interquartile range; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MLHFQ, Minnesota Living with HF Questionnaire; NT-pro-BNP, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; NYHA, New York Heart Association.