Self-care Educational Intervention to Reduce Hospitalizations in Heart Failure

RUNNING HEAD: HEALTHCARE 0
“SELF CARE EDUCATIONAL
INTERVENTION”

HEALTHCARE 1
Part-A
Answer-1
“People aged <18 years with a diagnosis of heart failure who were referred to the heart failure
management programme”
Answer-2
“A multimedia educational intervention using baseline questionnaires, a short DVD, a written
manual, and one-to-one discussion with a specialist heart failure nurse”
Answer-3
“30-60 minutes of standard education from a specialist heart failure nurse”
Answer-4
“Hospital readmission at 28 days, three months and 12 months”
Answer-5
“Computer-generated
sequence, 1:1 ratio of intervention to control”
Answer-6
1. “The number of participants allocated to standard care was: 100 participants”
2. “The number of participants allocated to the intervention was: 100 participants”
3. “The number of participants analysed at 12 months in the standard care group was: 88
participants”
4. “The number of participants analysed at 12 months in the intervention group was: 83
participants”

HEALTHCARE 2
Answer-7
“The authors used non-parametric tests only”
Answer-8
 “ Those who conducted follow up phone calls”
 “Patients”
Answer-9
“Similar
Answer-10
“Different”
Answer-11
“Different”
Answer-12
“Different”
Answer-13
“Similar”
Answer-14
“Similar”
Answer-15
“Yes, EXCEPT for questioning about resource use after discharge”