A heart failure self-management program for patients of all literacy levels: A randomized, controlled trial [ISRCTN11535170]

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  DeWalt, Darren A ^a   Malone, Robert M ^a   Bryant, Mary E ^a   Kosnar, Margaret C ^a   Corr, Kelly E ^a   Rothman, Russell L ^b   Sueta, Carla A ^a   Pignone, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TELECONSULTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DIURETICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE;

EID: 33744999616     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-30     Document Type: Article

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