Key result
Web-based self-care education significantly improved self-care scores compared to booklet-based education in heart failure patients (post-test mean 53.18 vs 47.03, p=0.001).
Why the study?
Heart failure self-care knowledge influences adherence and readiness for home care, but the effectiveness of web media versus booklets for self-care education needed evaluation.
Does self-care education using web media improve self-care scores compared to booklet education in heart failure patients?
RCT (n=76)
Open-label
Simple randomization
Yes
Does self-care education using web media improve self-care scores compared to booklet education in heart failure patients?
Web-based self-care education is more effective than booklet-based education for improving self-care scores in heart failure patients.
Web and booklet education may boost HF self-care adherence; leaves open optimal modality and needs RCTs before practice change.
Knowledge of heart failure patients' self-care influences pa-tient adherence and readiness for independent care at home. Self-care enhancement is a significant focus of heart failure management programs. Efforts can be made by providing self-care education using conventional media and the web. The current study aimed to determine the effectiveness of education using web media and booklets on self-care in heart failure patients. This research was an experimental study with a pretest-posttest design. Eligible respondents will be divided into two groups. A web group was a group that was given self-care education through the web, and a booklet group was given education using booklets. The questionnaire used the Self-Care Heart Failure Index to measure the patient's self-care score. An Independent t-test was used to analyze differences in self-care scores in the two groups. Of 76 respondents in this study, >50% were male, and most were in the adult age range (36-55 years old). Based on the results of the inde-pendent t-test in both groups (web and booklet) showed a significant differ-ence in the mean self-care score (p-value = 0.001). It illustrates that web media is more effective than booklet media. Providing education using media that health workers follow up is important to do as an effort to improve self-care in heart failure patients.
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Hudiyawati et al. (2025) conducted an RCT in Heart failure (n=76). Web-based self-care education vs. Booklet-based self-care education was evaluated on Self-care score (Self-Care Heart Failure Index) (p=0.001). Web-based self-care education significantly improved self-care scores compared to booklet-based education in heart failure patients (post-test mean 53.18 vs 47.03, p=0.001).
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