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June 1, 2017IOSR Journal of Pharmacy (IOSRPHR)Open Access

70% of patients received less than one hour of instruction (compared to AHA standard of 60 minutes), not all AHA topics were consistently covered, and brochures/handouts were rarely used.

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Why the study?

Does the heart failure education provided to hospitalized patients align with American Heart Association Guidelines?

Population

10 hospitalized heart failure patients and 161 health care providers in one hospital setting.

Comparison

Heart failure educational instruction provided… vs American Heart Association Guidelines for heart…

Design

Other

Authors

TGTheresa Galakatos

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Overview

Exposes significant gaps in the delivery of guideline-directed HF education; leaves open.

Structured PICO

Does the heart failure education provided to hospitalized patients align with American Heart Association Guidelines?

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Population
10 hospitalized heart failure patients (NYHA functional class III or IV) and 161 health care providers in one hospital setting.
I
Intervention
Heart failure educational instruction provided by health care providers.
C
Comparator
American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines for heart failure education.
O
Outcome
Content and duration of heart failure education provided compared to AHA Guidelines.

Heart failure education provided in the hospital setting often falls short of AHA guideline standards in both duration and content coverage.

Limitations

  • Findings are not generalizable due to single hospital setting and small patient sample size.

Cite This Study

Theresa Galakatos (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a892b554c051998d7125eedhttps://doi.org/10.9790/3013-0706012469
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