Key result
Among 35 patients completing the study, using the OxFAB patient-reported outcome measure in heart failure services was feasible and acceptable, and appeared to improve symptom understanding.
Why the study?
Patients with heart failure have difficulty monitoring and managing symptoms like fatigue and breathlessness, motivating the need to test the feasibility and acceptability of the OxFAB tool for symptom communication.
Is the use of the OxFAB patient-reported outcome measure feasible and acceptable for enhancing symptom communication in patients with heart failure?
Is the use of the OxFAB patient-reported outcome measure feasible and acceptable for enhancing symptom communication in patients with heart failure?
The OxFAB patient-reported outcome measure is a feasible and acceptable tool for improving symptom recognition and communication in heart failure patients.
May support OxFAB use for heart failure symptom communication; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials before practice change.
Background: Patients with heart failure have difficulty in monitoring and managing symptoms, such as fatigue and breathlessness. The authors previously co-created a validated tool (OxFAB) with service users to optimise symptom communication. Aim: To test the feasibility and acceptability of using the OxFAB to enhance symptom communication between patients with heart failure and specialist nurses. Methods: A multi-method feasibility study design to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of OxFAB. Findings: Quantitative data on patient recruitment rates ( n =68 were eligible, n =35 completed the study) and OxFAB completion rates were promising. Thirty-one participants were interviewed. Three categories identified ‘Practicalities of completing OxFAB’, ‘OxFAB as an educational tool to support self-assessment of heart failure symptoms’ and ‘OxFAB as a communication tool’. Conclusions: Using OxFAB in heart failure services is feasible and acceptable to patients. Its use individualised consultations and appears to have improved patients' understanding of the significance of their symptoms.
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Walthall et al. (2026) studied Heart failure (n=35). OxFAB (patient-reported outcome measure) was evaluated on Feasibility and acceptability. Among 35 patients completing the study, using the OxFAB patient-reported outcome measure in heart failure services was feasible and acceptable, and appeared to improve symptom understanding.
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