Key result
A single educational session followed by 12 months of monthly telephone follow-up did not improve self-care behavior or quality of life in 60 patients with heart failure.
Why the study?
Does monthly telephone follow-up after a single educational session improve self-care behaviour and quality of life in patients with heart failure?
Population
60 patients with heart failure in primary health care, mean age 79 years, 52% males, 60% in New York Heart…
Design
RCT, Subgroup analysis of a larger randomised trial
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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Single education session plus monthly calls does not improve heart failure self-care; challenges low-intensity interventions and supports testing more intensive programs.
RCT (n=60)
Does monthly telephone follow-up after a single educational session improve self-care behaviour and quality of life in patients with heart failure?
Monthly telephone follow-up after a single educational session did not improve self-care behaviour or quality of life in heart failure patients, suggesting a need for more extensive interventions.
Holst et al. (2006) conducted an RCT in Heart failure (n=60). Single intensive educational session and monthly telephone follow-up was evaluated on Self-care behaviour and health-related quality of life. A single educational session followed by 12 months of monthly telephone follow-up did not improve self-care behavior or quality of life in 60 patients with heart failure.
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