Leveraging home health aides to improve outcomes in heart failure: A pilot study protocol.

ABSTRACT: Heart failure (HF) affects six million people in the U.S., is associated with high morbidity, mortality, and healthcare utilization.^{(1, 2)} Despite a decade of innovation, the majority of interventions aimed at reducing hospitalization and readmissions in HF have not been successful.^(3-7) One reason may be that most have overlooked the role of home health aides and attendants (HHAs), who are often highly involved in HF care.^(8-13) Despite their contributions, studies have found that HHAs lack specific HF training and have difficulty reaching their nursing supervisors when they need urgent help with their patients. Here we describe the protocol for a pilot randomized control trial (pRCT) assessing a novel stakeholder-engaged intervention that provides HHAs wi

SUBMITTER: Espinosa CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11283941 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature