Effectiveness of an Educational Program in Nursing in the Self-care of Patients with Heart Failure : Randomized Controlled Trial

ABSTRACT: Unblinded randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program in nursing (educational meetings, home visits, telenursing and a printed book) in the improvement of self-care behaviors in patients with heart failure was evaluated. Thirty-three people participated in the intervention group and thirty in the control group. At the beginning and at the end of the study (ninth month), Nancy Artinian’s heart failure self-care behaviors scale was applied to assess the level of self-care. 66.0% of the intervention group versus 26.6% of the control group improved the self-care score by at least 20% (p<0.001). The number needed to treat was 2.5. The findings suggest that the educational intervention has beneficial effects on the self-care behaviors of people with heart failure.

• Autores: Rodríguez Gázquez, María de los Ángeles; Arredondo Holguín, Edith; Herrera Cortés, Richard
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2012
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/22559
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10495/22559
• Palabra clave: Heart Failure; Insuficiencia Cardíaca; Self Care; Autocuidado; Education, Nursing; Educación en Enfermería; Randomized Controlled Trial; Ensayo Clínico Controlado Aleatorio
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/co/