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Caregiver presence in a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme improves the health-related quality of life of patients with heart failure.

Miriam Catherine NoonanJulia FrostHasnain M DalalRodney S Taylor
Published in: European journal of cardiovascular nursing (2023)
Rehabilitation Enablement in CHronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) is a home-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention designed for patients with heart failure and their caregivers. We present a pooled analysis of patients > 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of HF recruited to two REACH-HF randomised controlled trials. Where identified by patients and they consented to participate, caregivers were randomly assigned with patients to receive the REACH-HF intervention plus usual care or usual care alone. Our analysis demonstrated that compared to control group, the REACH-HF group had a greater gain in their disease-specific health related quality of life at follow up.
Keyphrases
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  • randomized controlled trial
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  • acute heart failure
  • prognostic factors
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  • heart failure
  • quality improvement
  • clinical trial