Key result
An outpatient inter-professional management programme for heart failure patients was feasible in Switzerland, but the trial was stopped early with 42 patients, precluding formal evaluation of its effect on mortality and readmissions.
Why the study?
Does an inter-professional disease management programme reduce mortality and hospital re-admissions in adult patients following hospitalization for decompensated heart failure?
Population
42 adult patients hospitalised with decompensated heart failure, irrespective of left-ventricular ejection…
Comparison
Inter-professional disease management programme… vs Usual care consisting of normal medical and…
Design
RCT, 1:1 randomisation by an independent centre, according to a computer…
Follow-up
12 months
Authors
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Feasibility shown for Swiss outpatient HF management; larger trials needed to evaluate effects on mortality and readmissions.
RCT (n=42)
Open-label with blinded outcome assessment
1:1 computer generated list (blocked, variable block size)
No
Does an inter-professional disease management programme reduce mortality and hospital re-admissions in adult patients following hospitalization for decompensated heart failure?
An inter-professional disease management programme for heart failure is feasible in the Swiss healthcare setting and may improve general quality of life, though effects on clinical outcomes require confirmation in larger studies.
Denhaerynck et al. (2011) conducted an RCT in Decompensated Heart Failure (n=42). Inter-professional disease management programme vs. Usual care was evaluated on All-cause mortality and all-cause re-admission. An outpatient inter-professional management programme for heart failure patients was feasible in Switzerland, but the trial was stopped early with 42 patients, precluding formal evaluation of its effect on mortality and readmissions.
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