A simplified education program improves knowledge, self-care behavior, and disease severity in heart failure patients in rural settings

American Heart Journal

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 983.e7-983.e12

  Caldwell, Mary A ^a,c   Peters, Kathryn J ^b   Dracup, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 27744493887     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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