Impact of a Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Clinic in a Low-Resource Setting: Experience in a Latin American Public Healthcare System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurse-led multidisciplinary heart failure clinics (MDHFCs) play an important role in patient care in developed countries, due to their proven benefits relating to mortality, hospitalization, and quality of life. However, evidence is limited regarding the role of MDHFCs in a limited-resource setting.

Methods

Patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (n = 89) were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal cohort, from January 2018 to January 2019. The following endpoints were collected at baseline and after 6 months of follow-up: (i) quality of life, measured using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; (ii) medication adherence using the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale, 8-item; (iii) titration of HF medications; (iv) self-care

SUBMITTER: Bravo Thompson H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10366629 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature