Key result
Multidisciplinary group education is linked to ~68% fewer 90-day HF readmissions versus usual care.
Why the study?
Appropriate self-management through multidisciplinary education can reduce re-admission risk in HF, motivating this evaluation of multidisciplinary group education including pharmacists.
Does multidisciplinary group education reduce re-admission in patients aged ≥65 years with heart failure and LVEF ≤ 49%?
Cohort (n=168)
No
Does multidisciplinary group education reduce re-admission in patients aged ≥65 years with heart failure and LVEF ≤ 49%?
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May support group education to lower HF readmissions in older patients; leaves open confirmation by randomized trials.
Background : Previous studies have reported that appropriate self-management of patients with heart failure (HF) through multidisciplinary education can reduce the risk of re-admission.This study aimed to evaluate the effect of multidisciplinary group education, including pharmacists, on re-admission of patients with HF.Methods : This propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study included patients aged ≥65 years with LVEF ≤ 49% who were discharged from the hospital after being hospitalized for HF from January 2019 to June 2021.Patients were divided into an education group that completed HF group education and a usual care group that did not complete such education.The association between multidisciplinary group education and read mission in patients with HF was evaluated using multivariate Cox proportional hazard regression analysis.Risks are presented as adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals
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Kim et al. (2023) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=168). Multidisciplinary group education vs. Usual care was evaluated on Heart failure-associated readmission within 90 days after discharge (HR 0.32, 95% CI 0.09-0.90, p=0.039). Multidisciplinary group education reduced heart failure-associated readmission within 90 days after discharge compared to usual care.
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