Effect of an orientation group for patients with chronic heart failure: randomized controlled trial

Autor: Cristina Silva Arruda, Juliana de Melo Vellozo Pereira, Lyvia da Silva Figueiredo, Bruna dos Santos Scofano, Paula Vanessa Peclat Flores, Ana Carla Dantas Cavalcanti
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 25, Iss 0 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1518-8345
DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.2167.2982
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effect of the orientation group on therapeutic adherence and self-care among patients with chronic heart failure. Method: Randomized controlled trial with 27 patients with chronic heart failure. The intervention group received nursing consultations and participated in group meetings with the multi-professional team. The control group only received nursing consultations in a period of four months. Questionnaires validated for use in Brazil were applied in the beginning and in the end of the study to assess self-care outcomes and adherence to treatment. Categorical variables were expressed through frequency and percentage distributions and the continuous variables through mean and standard deviation. The comparison between the initial and final scores of the intervention and control groups was done through the Student’s t-test. Results: The mean adherence in the intervention group was 13.9 ± 3.6 before the study and 4.8 ± 2.3 after the study. In the control group it was 14.2 ± 3.4 before the study and 14.7 ± 3.5 after the study. The self-care confidence score was lower after the intervention (p=0.01). Conclusion: The orientation group does not improve adherence to treatment and self-care management and maintenance and it may reduce confidence in self-care. Registry REBEC RBR-7r9f2m.
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