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Symptom status and quality-of-life outcomes of home-based disease management program for heart failure patients
Catherine M Todero1, Louise M LaFramboise, Lani M Zimmerman
1College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985330 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5330, USA. ctodero@unmc.edu
Abstract:
Symptom occurrence, symptom characteristics (frequency, severity, interference with activities and enjoyment of life), and quality of life were examined in heart failure patients after release from the hospital and 2 months after enrollment in a home-based disease management program. The results provide information on the most common and distressing symptoms in a community-based heart failure population. This information may be useful in guiding assessments and designing specific nursing interventions to include in a home-based disease management program.