Why the study?
Do self-care interventions improve quality of life in heart failure patients?
Population
Heart failure patients from 21 articles (17 RCTs, 4 longitudinal/repeated measures)
Comparison
Self-care, self-management, or self-monitoring… vs Usual care or baseline
Design
Review
Authors
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Equivocal RCT evidence on self-care interventions for QOL in HF; leaves open the need for larger definitive trials.
Do self-care interventions improve quality of life in heart failure patients?
Current evidence on the benefit of self-care interventions for improving quality of life in heart failure patients is equivocal, highlighting the need for larger, well-designed RCTs.
Kathleen L. Grady (2008) studied this question.