How do SYMPtoms and management tasks in chronic heart failure imPACT a person's life (SYMPACT)? Protocol for a mixed-methods study.

Rosalynn C Austin Lisette Schoonhoven Alison Richardson Paul R Kalra Carl R May

Published in: ESC heart failure (2020)

If symptoms and BoT are intrinsically linked, then the high level of symptoms experienced by CHF patients may lead to increased treatment burden, which likely decreases patients' engagement with self-care plans. SYMPACT may identify modifiable factors to improve CHF patients' experience.

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