title: Symptom status and quality-of-life outcomes of home-based disease management program for heart failure patients.
abstract: Symptom occurrence, symptom characteristics (frequency, severity, interference with activities and enjoyment of life), and quality of life were examined in heart failure patients after release from the hospital and 2 months after enrollment in a home-based disease management program. The results provide information on the most common and distressing symptoms in a community-based heart failure population. This information may be useful in guiding assessments and designing specific nursing interventions to include in a home-based disease management program.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985330 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5330, USA. ctodero@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Todero
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: LaFramboise
authors.forename: Lani M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000359:Aftercare / Q000592:standards; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index