Heart Failure
Conditions
Interventions
A single group of 26 patients with advanced heart failure and criteria for palliative care received a nursing follow-up through monthly outpatient visits. In these consultations, the nurse evaluated t
Performed interventions such as: promotion of body mechanics
Maintenance of the family process
Facilitating learning
Stimuli to religious rituals
Counseling, strengthening of self-esteem
Among others to increase patient comfort and
Assessed monthly if the interventions generated improvements in the patients comfort status. Patient follow-up lasted 6 months.
Other
Sponsors
Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia
Serviço de Insuficiência Cardíaca e Transplante
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers with chronic heart failure of any etiology having been diagnosed for more than 1 year and optimizing drug therapy at the time of study entry; or Volunteers with chronic heart failure of any etiology with diagnosis less than 1 year, associated with 2 or more hospitalizations due to decompensated HF, or 1 hospitalization in the last year with venous amines use; Being in New York Heart Association (NYHA) III or IV Functional Class at time of enrollment; Have left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) 18 years; Be regularly followed at the HF clinic of the research institution;
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteers who have any other clinical condition that implies a life expectancy less than 6 months after the start of the study;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Increase of at least 30% of the patient's total comfort status in relation to the beginning of the study. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Are not expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLiana Trotte
Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Outcome results
None listed