Effectiveness and Cost-effectiveness of an Empowerment-Based Self-care Education Program on Health Outcomes Among Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Strategies that enhance self-care of patients with heart failure reduce mortality and health care use.

Objective

To examine whether an empowerment-based self-care education program was more effective and cost-effective to improve self-care, health status, and hospital service use than a didactic education program in patients with heart failure.

Design, setting, and participants

In this double-blind randomized clinical trial, a consecutive sample of 988 patients with heart failure from the cardiac clinics of 2 regional hospitals underwent eligibility screening from February 1, 2017, to May 31, 2019, using the criteria of age of 55 years or older, heart failure diagnosed 6 months before screening, and New York Heart Association class II to IV. A total of 236

SUBMITTER: Yu DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8984788 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature