Randomized, controlled trial to improve self-care in patients with heart failure living in rural areas

Circulation

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 256-264

  Dracup, Kathleen ^a   Moser, Debra K ^a   Pelter, Michele M ^b   Nesbitt, Thomas S ^c   Southard, Jeffrey ^c   Paul, Steven M ^a   Robinson, Susan ^a   Cooper, Lawton S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trials as topic; heart failure; patient education as topic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEART FAILURE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

AGED; COUNSELING; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904580084     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003542     Document Type: Article

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