title: The effectiveness of individual rehabilitation on health status in patients with heart failure: A quasi-experimental study.
abstract: Patients with heart failure (HF) live with a serious disease, and need long-term rehabilitation care. Elements in rehabilitation for patients with HF are based on the recommendations from the European Society of Cardiology and focuses on self-care and adherence in general. The aim of this study is to test the effect of individually prepared rehabilitation plans measured on health status (HS). The study design is quasi-experimental. Patients in the control group follow the conventional rehabilitation. For the patients in the intervention group. an individual rehabilitation plan was prepared and followed up by telephone after 4 and 12 weeks. For all patients, HS was measured with Short Form-36. One hundred sixty-two patients are included in the study, of which 137 (84.6%) consented. There were no differences in HS before and after the intervention. There are no significant differences by use of a systematically prepared intervention compared with usual care for patients with HF measured on HS 3 months after discharge from the outpatient clinic.
authors.affiliation: Center of Clinical Guidelines, Institute of Medicine and Health Technology, Aalborg University.
authors.forename: Palle
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.affiliation: Center of Clinical Guidelines, Institute of Medicine and Health Technology, Aalborg University.
authors.forename: Preben U
authors.initials: PU
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: health status; heart failure patients; rehabilitation