Home-based management of patients with chronic heart failure—focus on content not just form!

Inger Ekman

doi:10.1053/euhj.2002.3178

August 27, 2002European Heart JournalOpen Access

Home-based management of patients with chronic heart failure—focus on content not just form!

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To emphasize the necessity of focusing on specific therapeutic and educational intervention content rather than merely the structural or logistical format of home-based heart failure care.
Evaluation of disease management program designs and outpatient intervention components for chronic heart failure.
Comparison of program organizational structures against the qualitative clinical content provided during patient interactions.
Intervention efficacy in reducing adverse outcomes depends predominantly on comprehensive patient education and active symptom self-management rather than the delivery setting alone.
Programs that emphasize tailored, substantive disease management content demonstrate superior clinical and behavioral benefits compared to structured visits lacking targeted clinical interventions.

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Population

Patients with chronic heart failure

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Intervention

Home-based management

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An editorial discussing the importance of the content of home-based management programs for chronic heart failure.

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I. Ekman, K. Swedberg; Home-based management of patients with chronic heart failure—focus on content not just form!, European Heart Journal, Volume 23, Issue 17

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