The effect of family training and support on the quality of life and cost of hospital readmissions in congestive heart failure patients in Iran

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• 作者：Ali Hasanpour-Dehkordi ; Ph.D.^a ; Arsalan Khaledi-Far^b ; ^{ali20121968@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Borzoo Khaledi-Far^c ; Shahriar Salehi-Tali ; Ph.D. Student^d
• 关键词：Family training ; Quality of life ; Caring intervention ; Heart failure ; Iranian nurses
• 刊名：Applied Nursing Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：August 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：31
• 期：Complete
• 页码：165-169
• 全文大小：223 K

文摘

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.

Methods

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.

Results

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).

Conclusion

Nursing care follow-up according to heart failure patients’ needs promoted their QoL.