Heart Failure
Conditions
Interventions
Patients eligible and agreed to participate in the study were assigned to receive educational interventions through group guidance with videos, games, presentations and others (intervention group
n = 50) or routine nursing consultation guidelines (control group
n = 50). In order to assess the effect on self-care and adherence. The intervention group had the opportunity of participation of eight steering group meetings lasting one hour in 15-day intervals for
Other
I02.233.332
Sponsors
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Medical diagnosis of Heart failure independent of etiology, with normal ejection fraction or diminished, age higher or equal 18 years and functional classes I-III NYHA (New York Heart Association)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Event acute myocardial infarction three months before insertion in the research; revascularization surgery in the previous month or the same need; patients with neurological sequelae cognitive, not reside in the cities of Niterói, São Gonçalo or Rio de Janeiro and has no phone contact direct.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adherence assessed by Questionário de Adesão para pacientes com IC (Bocchi et al, 2008); assessed through self-care and Self-care of Heart Failure Index version 6.2 translated into Portuguese, before and after the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rating of sociodemographic characteristics (sex, age, race, income, smoking and drinking) in relation to the scores of self-care and adherence. The differences between the mean scores according to sociodemographic characteristics were tested using the T-Student. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCristina Aruda
Universidade Federal Fluminense
Outcome results
None listed