Why the study?
Does an educational intervention by heart failure nurse specialists improve self-care behaviour in patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
36 new patients with chronic heart failure registered to a community heart failure nursing service
Comparison
Educational intervention carried out by a team… vs Pre-intervention baseline
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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May support nurse-led HF education; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials on outcomes.
Does an educational intervention by heart failure nurse specialists improve self-care behaviour in patients with chronic heart failure?
An educational intervention delivered by heart failure nurse specialists significantly improves patient-reported self-care behaviors in chronic heart failure.
MacInnes et al. (2016) studied this question.
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