title: The feasibility of a telephone coaching program on heart failure home management for family caregivers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the feasibility of delivery and evaluate the helpfulness of a coaching heart failure (HF) home management program for family caregivers.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The few available studies on providing instruction for family caregivers are limited in content for managing HF home care and guidance for program implementation.
  
  
  METHODS
  This pilot study employed a mixed methods design. The measures of caregiver burden, confidence, and preparedness were compared at baseline and 3 months post-intervention. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize program costs and demographic data. Content analysis research methods were used to evaluate program feasibility and helpfulness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Caregiver (n = 10) burden scores were significantly reduced and raw scores of confidence and preparedness for HF home management improved 3 months after the intervention. Content analyses of nurse and caregiver post-intervention data found caregivers rated the program as helpful and described how they initiated HF management skills based on the program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The program was feasible to implement. These results suggest the coaching program should be further tested with a larger sample size to evaluate its efficacy.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA. upiamjariyakul@kumc.edu
authors.forename: Ubolrat
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Piamjariyakul
authors.forename: Carol E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Christy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Werkowitch
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elyachar
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000451:nursing*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007615:Kansas / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013689:Telephone / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*