Related of education and follow-up on readmission rates for the Heart Failure Patients after discharge. Need for continuous supervision
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: there are two parts of intervention
the first part is Patients and their family education about the life style, drug consumption, and warning signs were performed in 20 till 25 minutes immediately after discharge, according to the educ
Prevention
Intervention group: there are two parts of intervention
Control group: Patients in control group get the routine care and had been called just every two weeks to record the information about primary data according to the control check lists and the time sp
Sponsors
Shahid Beheshti university of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were: stabilized heart failure, literacy, tendency of the patients to participate the study, minimum age of 20, telephone access. Exclusion criteria were: stabilized psychiatric disorders, concurrent fatal disease, and severe hearing impairment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Frequency of Hospital readmission in control and intervention groups. Timepoint: Every two weeks until three month after intervention. Method of measurement: Asking the patient.;Frequency of outpatient physician visits in control and intervention groups. Timepoint: Every two weeks until three month after intervention. Method of measurement: Asking the patient.;Drug consumption in control and intervention groups. Timepoint: Every two weeks until 3 month after intervention. Method of measurement: Asking the patient.;Improvement in control and intervention groups. Timepoint: Every two weeks until 3 month after intervention. Method of measurement: Asking the patient. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactNastaran Laal
Shahid Beheshti university of Medical sciences
Outcome results
None listed