Health Status and Self-care Outcomes After an Education-Support Intervention for People With Chronic Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The rising cost of hospitalizations for heart failure (HF) care mandates intervention models to address education for self-care success. The effectiveness of memory enhancement strategies to improve self-care and learning needs further examination.

Objective

The objective of this study was to examine the effects of an education-support intervention delivered in the home setting, using strategies to improve health status and self-care in adults/older adults with class I to III HF. Our secondary purpose was to explore participants' subjective perceptions of the intervention.

Methods

This study used a randomized, 2-group design. Fifty people were enrolled for 9 months and tested at 4 time points-baseline; after a 3-month education-support intervention; at 6 mo

SUBMITTER: Clark AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4276559 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature