title: Nonpharmacological interventions to improve quality of life in heart failure: an integrative review.
abstract: to identify articles that assessed the effectiveness or efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions to improve quality of life of people with heart failure in the literature.
  an integrative literature review was performed in Lilacs, MedLine and SciELO databases, including randomized or nonrandomized clinical trials and quasi-experimental studies published between 2003 and 2014, in Portuguese, English or Spanish.
  twenty-three studies were included. The categories of nonpharmacological interventions that improved quality of life of people with heart failure were: Remote health monitoring, Instructions on health practices, Physical activity follow-up and Traditional Chinese Medicine practices.
  these results can guide the selection of interventions to be implemented by health professionals that treat people with heart failure. Future systematic reviews with meta-analyses are needed in order to identify the most effective interventions for improving these individuals' quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem. São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniela Reuter do
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Instituto do Coração. São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marina Bertelli
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem Clínica e Cirúrgica. São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Camila Takao
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Departamento de Enfermagem Clínica e Cirúrgica. São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Juliana de Lima
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lopes
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D011788:Quality of Life; D058998:Remote Sensing Technology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards