Key result
An educative nursing intervention of home visits and phone calls significantly improved self-care (P=0.001), disease knowledge (P<0.001), and treatment adhesion (P=0.001) at 6 months.
Why the study?
Does an educative nursing intervention composed of home visits and phone calls improve knowledge, self-care, and adhesion to treatment in patients with recent hospitalization for decompensated heart failure?
Population
200 patients with recent hospitalization caused by decompensated heart failure in Brazil.
Comparison
Educative nursing intervention composed of 4… vs Conventional follow up with no visits or phone…
Design
RCT, Randomized
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Supports integration into post-HF discharge care; extends randomized evidence for nurse-led transitional interventions.
RCT (n=200)
Does an educative nursing intervention composed of home visits and phone calls improve knowledge, self-care, and adhesion to treatment in patients with recent hospitalization for decompensated heart failure?
p-value: P=0.001 and P<0.001
A nursing intervention consisting of home visits and phone calls significantly improves disease knowledge, self-care, and treatment adherence in patients recently hospitalized for decompensated heart failure.
Mussi et al. (2013) conducted an RCT in decompensated heart failure (n=200). educative nursing intervention composed of home visits and phone calls vs. conventional follow up with no visits or phone calls was evaluated on knowledge about the disease, self-care and adhesion to the treatment (p=P=0.001 and P<0.001). An educative nursing intervention of home visits and phone calls significantly improved self-care (P=0.001), disease knowledge (P<0.001), and treatment adhesion (P=0.001) at 6 months.
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