Care manager role for older multimorbid heart failure patients' needs in relation to psychological distress and quality of life: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few studies investigating patients' needs in healthcare focusing on disease severity and psychological characteristics of elderly heart failure (HF) patients with multimorbidity, specifically addressed by a care manager (CM).

Aims

To explore the role of a CM dealing with elderly multimorbid HF patients' needs/preferences according to NYHA class, ejection fraction, psychological/psychosomatic distress and quality of life (QoL), utilizing a Blended Collaborative Care (BCC) approach (ESCAPE; Grant agreement No 945377).

Methods

Cue cards, self-reported questionnaires, and a semi-structured interview were used to collect data.

Results

Twenty-five Italian patients (mean age ± SD = 77.5 ± 6.68) were enrolled between June 2021 and March 2022

SUBMITTER: Gostoli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11475247 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature