Protocol for a block randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve heart failure care

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dc.contributor.authorDeek, Hiba
dc.contributor.authorNewton, Phillip J.
dc.contributor.authorNoureddine, Samar Nayef
dc.contributor.authorInglis, Sally C.
dc.contributor.authorAl Arab, Ghina
dc.contributor.authorKabbani, Samer
dc.contributor.authorChalak, Wael
dc.contributor.authorTimany, Nadim
dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Peter Simon
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, Patricia Mary
dc.contributor.departmentHSON
dc.contributor.facultyRafic Hariri School of Nursing (HSON)
dc.contributor.institutionAmerican University of Beirut
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-24T12:21:51Z
dc.date.available2025-01-24T12:21:51Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAIM: To describe the design of a randomised controlled trial conducted to evaluate a culturally tailored, nurse-led educational intervention. BACKGROUND: Self-care strategies are critical to improving health outcomes in heart failure. The family unit is crucial in collectivist cultures, but little is known about involving the family in the self-care of patients with heart failure. DISCUSSION: Involving the family in the self-care of heart failure is a novel approach. To the authors' knowledge, no one has evaluated it using a randomised controlled trial. CONCLUSION: A valid comparison of outcomes between the control group and the intervention group involved in the study was provided in this trial. The chosen design, randomised controlled trial, enabled the assessment of the intervention. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The application of a family self-care intervention in a collectivist culture was shown to improve clinical and quality outcomes of patients with heart failure. Considering the individual and the community needs is vital in improving these outcomes.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7748/nr.23.4.24.s6
dc.identifier.eid2-s2.0-84963628394
dc.identifier.pmid26997232
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10938/34540
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherRCN Publishing Company Ltd.
dc.relation.ispartofNurse Researcher
dc.sourceMedline
dc.subjectClinical protocols
dc.subjectHeart failure/therapy
dc.subjectHospitalization
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectQuality improvement
dc.subjectSample size
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectFamily
dc.subjectHeart failure
dc.subjectNursing
dc.subjectProtocol
dc.subjectRandomised controlled trial
dc.subjectReadmission
dc.subjectTrial
dc.titleProtocol for a block randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve heart failure care
dc.typeArticle

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