Implementing heart failure disease management in primary care: a mixed-methods analysis of the IMPACT-B study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Heart failure is an important health problem and patients are generally older with several comorbidities. Multidisciplinary heart failure care is therefore recommended. However, there is little evidence in real-world settings on how to involve primary care health professionals and how to evaluate such programmes. The main objective of this study is to integrate and evaluate several disease management interventions in a primary care setting.

Design

Prospective, non-randomised, observational implementation study with a mixed-methods process evaluation conducted over 3 years (2020-2022).

Setting

Primary care practices and two regional hospitals (one tertiary, one secondary) in the Leuven region, Belgium, serving approximately 100 000 inhabitants.

Participan

SUBMITTER: Raat W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12278146 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature