Multidisciplinary group clinic appointments: the Self-Management and Care of Heart Failure (SMAC-HF) trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This trial tested the effects of multidisciplinary group clinic appointments on the primary outcome of time to first heart failure (HF) rehospitalization or death.

Methods and results

HF patients (n=198) were randomly assigned to standard care or standard care plus multidisciplinary group clinics. The group intervention consisted of 4 weekly clinic appointments and 1 booster clinic at month 6, where multidisciplinary professionals engaged patients in HF self-management skills. Data were collected prospectively for 12 months beginning after completion of the first 4 group clinic appointments (2 months post randomization). The intervention was associated with greater adherence to recommended vasodilators (P=0.04). The primary outcome (first HF-related hospitalizatio

SUBMITTER: Smith CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4241146 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature