A Randomized Trial of Video-based Education in Patients With Heart Failure: The Congestive Heart Failure Outreach Program of Education (COPE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure (HF) exacerbations often relate to poor self-care. Education programs improve outcomes, but are resource-intensive. We developed a video-based educational intervention and evaluated it in patients with HF.

Methods

Congestive Heart Failure Outreach Program of Education was a pragmatic multicenter randomized trial. We included subjects with HF if they were hospitalized, seen in the emergency department (ED), or high-risk outpatients, and randomized them to intervention or control. Intervention included a 20-minute video, supplementary booklet, and 3 bimonthly newsletters focusing on salt and fluid restriction, daily weights, and medications. Subjects watched the video and were encouraged to review it at home, along with the booklet

SUBMITTER: Tsuyuki RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063627 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature