Self-care Management Intervention in Heart Failure (SMART-HF): A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-care behavior is important in avoiding hospitalization for patients with heart failure (HF) and refers to those activities performed with the intention of improving or restoring health and well-being, as well as treating or preventing disease. The purpose was to study the effects of a home-based mobile device on self-care behavior and hospitalizations in a representative HF-population.

Methods and results

SMART-HF is a randomized controlled multicenter clinical trial, where patients were randomized 1:1 to receive standard care (control group [CG]) or intervention with a home-based tool designed to enhance self-care behavior (intervention group [IG]) and followed for 240 days. The tool educates the patient about HF, monitors objective and subjective symptoms a

SUBMITTER: Sahlin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7612444 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature