Effect of educational program on quality of life of patients with heart failure: a randomized clinical trial (original) (raw)
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BMC Family Practice, 2014
Background: Chronic heart failure, is increasing due to the aging population and improvements in heart disease detection and management. The prevalence is estimated at~10% of the French general practice patient population over 59 years old. The primary objective of this study is to improve the quality of life for heart failure patients though a complex intervention involving patient and general practitioner (GP) education in primary care. Methods: A randomised, cluster controlled trial, stratified over 4 areas of the Auvergne region in France comparing intervention and control groups. The inclusion criteria are: patients older than 50 years with New York Heart Association (NYHA) stage I, II, or III heart failure, with reduced ejection fraction or with preserved ejection fraction. Heart failure should be confirmed by the patient's cardiologist according to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines criteria. The exclusion criteria include: severe cognitive disorders, living in an institution, participating in another clinical trial, having NYHA stage IV heart failure, or a lack of French language skills. The complex intervention consists of training at the GP practice with an interactive 2-day workshop to provide a patient's education programme. GPs are trained to perform case management, lifestyle counselling and motivational interviewing, to educate patients on the main topics including clinical alarm signs, physical activity, diet and cardiovascular risk factors. The patients' education sessions are scheduled at 1, 4, 7, 10, 13 and 19 months following the start of the trial. The primary outcome to be assessed is the impact on the quality of life as determined using two questionnaires: the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire and SF-36. To detect a difference in the mean quality of life at 19 months, we anticipate studying a minimum of 400 patients from 80 GPs. Discussion: This trial will provide insight into the effectiveness of a complex intervention to educate patients with heart failure including a 2-day GP workshop and patients' education programme in the setting of a GP consultation to improve the quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure. This complex intervention tool could be used during initial and further medical training. Trial registration: ETIC is a cluster-randomised, controlled trial registered on ClinicalTrials.gov [NCT01065142, 2010, Feb 8] and the French drug agency [Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des produits de santé; registration number: 2009-A01142-55, on March 5th, 2010].
2014
Background & Aim : Heart failure is one of the most common cardiovascular diseases which decreases the quality of life. Most of the factors influencing quality of life can be modified with ongoing educational interventions. Inadequate teaching is one of the causes of low health outcomes. Therefore, this study examined the effects of a Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM) based on quality of life of patients with heart failure. Methods & Materials : This randomized clinical trial study was conducted during May to August 2011. From patients with heart failure referred to Tabriz Shahid Madani policlinics, 44 subjects were conveniently selected and randomly allocated to two groups. The intervention group (n=22) received ongoing one-to-one teaching and counseling sessions and phone calls based on RAM over 3 months. The control group (n=22) received routine teaching. Data were collected using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISE...
Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2017
Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of implementing an educational program on health status outcome for patients congestive heart failure. Subject and Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the effect of implementing an educational program on health status outcome for patients congestive heart failure. The subjects of the study was conducted in the cardiac care units in three selected governmental hospitals in Port Said city , El
BMC Family Practice, 2016
Background: The Education Thérapeutique des patients Insuffisants Cardiaques (ETIC; Therapeutic Education for Patients with Cardiac Failure) trial aimed to determine whether a pragmatic education intervention in general practice could improve the quality of life of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) compared with routine care. Results: This cluster randomised controlled clinical trial included 241 patients with CHF attending 54 general practitioners (GPs) in France and involved 19 months of follow-up. The GPs in the Intervention Group were trained during a 2-day interactive workshop to provide a patient education programme. The mean age of the patients was 74 years (±10.5), 62 % were men and their mean left-ventricular ejection fraction was 49.3 % (± 14.3). At the end of the follow-up period, the mean Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire scores in the Intervention and Control Groups were 33.4 (± 22.1) versus 27.2 (± 23.3; P = 0.74, intra-cluster coefficient [ICC] = 0.11). At the end of the follow-up period, the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (mental health and physical health) scores in the Intervention and Control Groups were 58 (± 22.1) versus 58.7 (± 23.9; P = 0.58, ICC = 0.01) and 52.8 (± 23.8) versus 51.6 (± 25.5; P = 0.57, ICC = 0.01), respectively. Conclusions: Patient education delivered by GPs to elderly patients with stable heart failure in the ETIC programme did not achieve an improvement in their quality of life compared with routine care. Further research on improving the quality of life and clinical outcomes of elderly patients with CHF in primary care is necessary. Trial registration: The Education Thérapeutique des patients Insuffisants Cardiaques (ETIC; Therapeutic Education for Patients with Cardiac Failure) trial is a cluster randomised controlled trial registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (Registration Number: NCT01065142) and the French Drug Agency (Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé; Registration Number: 2009-A01142-55).
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Background Heart failure outcomes remain poor, and little is known about the causes and predictors of these outcomes in Lebanon. Aim The purpose of this article is to report the causes and predictors of the 6- and 12-month readmission and mortality of previously recruited patients to the Family focused Approach to iMprove Heart Failure care In LebanonQualitY intervention (FAMILY) study. Methods A multi-site block randomized controlled trial in three tertiary medical centers in Beirut. Initially, participants were randomized to either the control or the intervention group. The latter group, with their family caregivers, received heart failure self-care resources and an educational intervention on self-care and symptom management during their index admission. Participants from the FAMILY study were followed up with through phone calls for readmission and mortality at 6 and 12 months following their hospital discharge. Results A total of 218 (85%) patients were followed up with for thi...
The impact of health education on treatment outcomes in heart failure patients
Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 2020
Background. In 2016 heart failure (HF) affected between 600,000 and 700,000 people in Poland being one of the most common causes of hospitalization and death. Health education is an elements of patient treatment aimed at improving the level of self-care and adherence to the treatment recommendations. Objectives. To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the available literature in order to determine the role of health education in HF treatment and its impact on outcomes in patients with chronic HF. Material and methods. A search was performed in the MEDLINE, PubMed and Scopus databases from January 2010 to January 2019 for the impact of health education on treatment outcomes in HF patients. Results. A total of 16 studies from 12 countries on 5 continents were analyzed. The meta-analysis focused on the impact of education on outcomes in 944 study group patients. We found that the overall impact of education on outcomes was positive (+1 standard deviation (SD); 95% confidence interval (95% CI) >0). After education was provided, the target patients improved in terms of self-care (mean change (MC) = 13.49; p = 0.003; I² = 99.47%). Self-care also improved in the controls, but the improvement was less marked (MC = 9.56; p = 0.001; I² = 98.33%). No impact of education on quality of life (QoL) was confirmed (95% CI = 0). Conclusions. The greatest benefit of education is seen in terms of adherence to pharmaceutical treatment and self-care, while QoL was not associated with education.
Health education: the effectiveness of interventions in patients with heart failure
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of NIC interventions “Teaching: Disease Process”, “Health Education” and “Cardiac Care” in the improvement of NOC results in individuals with Heart Failure (HF), and the Nursing Diagnosis (ND) “Ineffective Health Control”. Methods: Retrospective cohort, conducted at a Health Education in Nursing outpatient clinic. Fourteen patients with HF had follow-up for one year in six bimonthly consultations. The effectiveness of interventions was verified through the change of the result scores through the Friedman’s Non-Parametric Test and Analysis of Non-Parametric Variance for repeated measures. The level of significance was 5%. Results: The interventions were implemented in consultations in a variety of activities. There was a significant improvement in the result scores until the fourth visit (p<0.001). Conclusions: The interventions were effective in improving outcomes in patients with HF and Ineffective Health Control.
Geriatrie et psychologie neuropsychiatrie du vieillissement, 2021
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to determine whether the implementation of regular and structured follow-up of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), combined with therapeutic education, led to better management of these patients. PATIENTS AND METHOD This was a monocentric, retrospective study on a cohort of patients with a proven CHF, followed in the Mulhouse region (France), between January 2016 and December 2017, by the Unit for Monitoring Heart Failure Patients (USICAR). These patients benefited from a regular protocolized follow-up and a therapeutic education program for a period of 2 years. The main criterion of this study was: the number of days of hospitalization for HF per year and per patient. The secondary endpoints were: the number of days of hospitalization for cardiac causes other than HF and the number of hospital stays for HF per patient. These criteria were collected over the one-year period before inclusion, at one-year-follow-up, and at two-years-foll...
Japan Journal of Nursing Science, 2019
AimHeart failure is a progressive, debilitating disease with exacerbated physical and psychological symptoms that reduces the quality of life of patients. Nursing intervention based on nursing theories could help in the adaptation of patients to the disease and improving quality of life. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of an educational program based on Roy's adaptation model on the quality of life of patients with heart failure.Methods and MaterialIn this randomized controlled trial, 76 patients with heart failure were allocated to either the intervention or control group through a blocked randomization method. The data were collected between May and October 2017. The intervention group received oral and written educational programs for 4 weeks. Minnesota quality‐of‐life questionnaire and Roy's adaptation model‐based evaluation form was completed at the beginning of the trial, and 1 month after the completion of the study.ResultsIntervention patients showe...