A group-based multi-professional education programme for family members of patients with chronic heart failure: Effects on knowledge and patients' health care utilization

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Löfvenmark, Caroline ^a,b   Karlsson, Monica Rydell ^a,b   Edner, Magnus ^a   Billing, Ewa ^c   Mattiasson, Anne Cathrine ^d,e  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Sweden Karolinska Institutet Department of Clinical Sciences Danderyd Hospital Stressrehab FoU Danderyd   (Sweden)

^e Division of Nursing ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family members; Health care utilization; Heart failure; Multi professional education programme

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 80053987562     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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