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Searching for dose-response in HF clinics

Author(s) -

Tiny Jaarsma

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2003.07.011

Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , heart failure , intervention (counseling) , quality of life (healthcare) , family medicine , intensive care medicine , physical therapy , emergency medicine , nursing , psychiatry

The study of Stromberg and colleagues1is one of the first studies to describe the effectiveness of a nurse-led heart failure clinic in decreasing mortality. Although several studies on heart failure management programmes have shown promising results in decreasing readmission and improving quality of life, effects on mortality have usually been inconclusive.2,3The intervention tested by Stromberg et al . consisted of optimizing medication, patient education and psychosocial counselling. Compared to patients in the control group, patients who attended the heart …

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