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Improving heart failure self-care through a community-based skill-building intervention: A study protocol
Dickson, Victoria Vaughan Eramo Melkus, Gail D. Dorsen, Caroline Katz, Stuart Riegel, Barbara
Dickson, Victoria Vaughan
Eramo Melkus, Gail D.
Dorsen, Caroline
Katz, Stuart
Riegel, Barbara
Abstract
Self-care is the cornerstone of heart failure (HF) management. Numerous approaches to improving HF self-care, which involves adherence to the treatment plan, routine symptom monitoring, and the response to symptoms when they occur, have been developed with little impact on HF outcomes. On the basis of HF practice recommendations that patients receive education and counseling that emphasizes self-care and targets skill building of critical target behaviors, we are conducting a clinical trial designed to improve self-care among community-dwelling older adults using an innovative group-based, skill-building approach led by a trained health educator.
Keywords
community engagement, heart failure, intervention, self-care, skill-building
Date
2015
Type
Journal article
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The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
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Volume
30
Issue
4 Suppl 1
Page Range
14-24
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Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Controlled