Self-efficacy and healthcare costs in patients with chronic heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

This study aims to explore possible associations between self-efficacy and healthcare and drug expenditures (i.e. direct costs) in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a study investigating the effects of person-centred care delivered by telephone.

Methods and results

This exploratory analysis uses data from an open randomized controlled trial conducted between January 2015 and November 2016, providing remote person-centred care by phone to patients with CHF, COPD, or both. Patients hospitalized due to worsening of CHF or COPD were eligible for the study. Randomization was based on a computer-generated list, stratified for age ≥ 75 and diagnosis. At a 6 month follow-up, 118 persons remained in a control group and 1

SUBMITTER: Blanck E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804184 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature