November 1, 2008The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Heart Failure Patients' Time, Symptoms, and Actions Before a Hospital Admission

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Population

212 hospitalized heart failure patients, comprising newly diagnosed HF (n=64) and chronic HF (n=148)

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MFMaureen M. FriedmanNazareth College JQJill R. QuinnDebiopharm (Switzerland)

Discussion

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Implication

Similar pre-admission delays in new and chronic HF support universal symptom education; cross-sectional data leave open tailored interventions by disease stage.

Structured PICO

Population

212 hospitalized heart failure patients, comprising newly diagnosed HF (n=64) and chronic HF (n=148)

Outcome

Presenting symptoms, treatment delay times, notification behaviors, advice received, and actions initiated before hospitalizationpatient reported

Patients with both new and chronic heart failure experience significant delays before hospitalization, highlighting the need for better symptom recognition and prompt reporting to healthcare providers.

Cite This Study

Friedman et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a700b71e36a167817e1c4e0 https://doi.org/10.1097/01.jcn.0000338928.51093.40

Topics

Heart failure HFrEF treatment Heart failure hospitalization HFpEF management

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Implication

Similar pre-admission delays in new and chronic HF support universal symptom education; cross-sectional data leave open tailored interventions by disease stage.