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Family partnership and education interventions to reduce dietary sodium by patients with heart failure differ by
Sandra B Dunbar1, Patricia C Clark2, Kelly D Stamp3
1Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Objectives:
Determine if family functioning influences response to family-focused interventions aimed at reducing dietary sodium by heart failure (HF) patients.
Background:
Lowering dietary sodium by HF patients often occurs within the home and family context.
Methods:
Secondary analysis of 117 dyads randomized to patient and family education (PFE), family partnership intervention (FPI) or usual care (UC). Dietary sodium measures were obtained from 3-day food record and 24-h urine samples.
Results:
In the poor family functioning groups, FPI and PFE had lower mean urine sodium than UC (p < .05) at 4 months, and FPI remained lower than UC at 8 months (p < .05). For good family functioning groups, FPI and PFE had lower mean sodium levels by 3-day food record at 4 and 8 months compared to the UC group.
Conclusion:
Optimizing family-focused interventions into HF clinical care maybe indicated.
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