Implementation of a heart failure educational intervention for patients with recent admissions for acute decompensated heart failure.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study examined whether implementation of a heart failure (HF) education class targeted at patients and their caregivers decreased worsening HF, emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions, and improved patient quality of life and confidence in disease state management.

Methods

Patients with HF and a recent hospital admission for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) were offered an educational course covering HF pathophysiology, medications, diet, and lifestyle modifications. Patients completed surveys before and 30 days after completion of the educational course. Outcomes of participants at 30 and 90 days after class completion were compared against outcomes for the same patients at 30 and 90 days prior to course attendance. Data was collected u

SUBMITTER: Stahlman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196446 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature