Thermal clothing to reduce heart failure morbidity during winter: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether providing thermal clothing improved the health of patients with heart failure during winter.

Design

Parallel group randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Large public hospital in Brisbane during winter 2016.

Participants

91 patients with systolic or diastolic heart failure who were over 50 years old.

Intervention

47 patients were randomised to receive thermal clothes (socks, top and hat) and 44 received usual care. Patients could not be blinded to their randomised group. All patients' data were available for the primary outcome which was collected blind to randomised group.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was the mean number of days in hospital during winter. Secondary outcomes included quality of life and slee

SUBMITTER: Barnett AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640030 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature