May 1, 2005Nursing Research
Family Education and Support Interventions in Heart Failure
Why the study?
Does a combined education and family partnership intervention improve dietary sodium self-management in patients with heart failure compared to education alone?
Population
61 dyads of patients with heart failure and a family member. HF patients were primarily White males, mean…
Comparison
Combined education and family partnership… vs Patient and family education (EDUC) intervention
Design
RCT, Randomized to EDUC (n = 29 dyads) or EDUC + FPI (n = 32 dyads)
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports adding family partnership to education for better sodium restriction in HF; extends RCT evidence for family-based self-management interventions.
Structured PICO
Does a combined education and family partnership intervention improve dietary sodium self-management in patients with heart failure compared to education alone?
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Population
61 dyads of patients with heart failure and a family member. HF patients were primarily White males, mean age 61 (+/-12) years. Family members were primarily women and spouses, mean age 54 (+/-17) years.
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Intervention
Combined education and family partnership intervention (EDUC + FPI)
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Comparator
Patient and family education (EDUC) intervention
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Outcome
Dietary sodium self-management measured by self-reported dietary sodium intake and 24-hr urinary sodium at 3 monthssurrogate
A combined education and family partnership intervention significantly improves dietary sodium restriction in heart failure patients compared to education alone.
Cite This Study
Dunbar et al. (2005) studied this question.