title: The effect of family training and support on the quality of life and cost of hospital readmissions in congestive heart failure patients in Iran.
abstract: This study was conducted to investigate the effects of family training and support on quality of life and cost of hospital readmissions in congestive heart failure patients.
  
  
  
  In this single-blinded, randomized, controlled trial, the participants were heart failure patients hospitalized in an Iranian hospital. Data were collected from available hospitalized patients. The participants were enrolled through randomized sampling and were divided randomly into two groups, an intervention group and a control group. The intervention group received extra training package for the disease. Training was provided at discharge and three months after. A standard questionnaire to assess the QoL was filled out by both groups at discharge and six months after.
  
  
  
  Mean scores of QoL domains at the beginning of the study decreased in control group and increased in intervention in comparison with six months after (p<0.01).
  
  
  
  Nursing care follow-up according to heart failure patients' needs promoted their QoL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Surgical, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasanpour-Dehkordi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran. Electronic address: ali20121968@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Arsalan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khaledi-Far
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Shahrekord University of medical sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Borzoo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Khaledi-Far
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahriar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salehi-Tali
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000191:economics* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016037:Single-Blind Method
keywords: Caring intervention; Family training; Heart failure; Iranian nurses; Quality of life