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15160686

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-25
pubmed:abstractText
This study examines the effects of a home health intervention designed to standardize nursing care, strengthen nurses' support for patient self-management and yield better CHF patient outcomes. Participants were 371 Medicare CHF patients served by 205 nurses randomized to intervention and control groups in a large urban home healthcare agency (HHA). The intervention consisted of an evidence-based nursing protocol, patient self-care guide, and training to improve nurses'teaching and support skills. Outcome measures included home care,physician and emergency department (ED) use, hospital admission, condition-specific quality of life (QoL), satisfaction with home care services and survival at 90 days. The intervention was associated with a marginally significant reduction in the volume of skilled nursing visits (p = .074), and a reduction variation in the typical number of visits provided (p < .05), without a significant increase in physician or ED use or patient mortality. Hypothesized improvement in other outcomes did not occur.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0162-1424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
A randomized intervention to improve heart failure outcomes in community-based home health care.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, NY 10021, USA. pfeldman@vnsny.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't