Current state of heart failure management by home health-care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to clarify the status of disease management during home visits for patients with heart failure (HF).

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, questionnaire surveys were conducted with health-care professionals employed by home-visit nursing stations in Kochi Prefecture. Data were collected by postal mail between May and June 2019. A 13-item questionnaire was created based on the disease management items in the "2017 Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure." The Chi-square test and logistic regression analysis were used for the statistical analyses.

Results

The analysis set comprised data collected from 144 nurses and therapists. Regarding disease management for patients with HF, 99.1% of the nurses examined t

SUBMITTER: Shimomoto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12404158 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature