Key result
Web-based training and telephone follow-up improve symptoms and health status vs routine care in HF.
Why the study?
Postdischarge patient training and follow-up improve symptom management and quality of life in heart failure, but Web-based education and phone monitoring are not yet common in Turkey.
Does Web-based training and telephone follow-up improve symptom burden and health status in postdischarge patients with heart failure?
RCT (n=64)
parallel
Does Web-based training and telephone follow-up improve symptom burden and health status in postdischarge patients with heart failure?
Web-based training and telephone follow-up significantly improve symptom burden and health status in postdischarge heart failure patients.
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Supports integration of web-based training with telephone follow-up into postdischarge HF care; extends evidence for remote interventions.
This study was carried out to determine the effect of Web-based training and telephone follow-up on symptom burden and health status in patients with heart failure. Patient training and postdischarge follow-up are necessary to improve symptom management and quality of life in patients with heart failure. In Turkey, Web-based education and phone monitoring are not very common yet. In this parallel randomized controlled trial, patients were allocated to a control group (n = 32) or an intervention group (n = 32). The control group received routine care, and the intervention group was administered the following interventions in addition to routine care: Web-based training, four-session telephone follow-up, and one text message weekly. All results regarding symptom management and quality of life were assessed beginning and at the 12th week. The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials checklist was used. In the 12th week after discharge, patients in the intervention group showed a significant improvement in terms of symptom burden and health status compared with the control group.
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İlaslan et al. (2021) conducted an RCT in heart failure (n=64). Web-based training and telephone follow-up vs. routine care was evaluated on symptom burden and health status. Web-based training and telephone follow-up significantly improved symptom burden and health status compared with routine care at 12 weeks in patients with heart failure.
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