Symptom status and quality-of-life outcomes of home-based disease management program for heart failure patients.
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.
Todero
Catherine M
CM
College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985330 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5330, USA. ctodero@unmc.edu
LaFramboise
Louise M
LM
Zimmerman
Lani M
LM
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