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Nonpharmacological interventions to improve quality of life in heart failure: an integrative review
Daniela Reuter do Amaral1, Marina Bertelli Rossi2, Camila Takao Lopes3
1Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Enfermagem, Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem. São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
Objective::
to identify articles that assessed the effectiveness or efficacy of nonpharmacological interventions to improve quality of life of people with heart failure in the literature.
Method::
an integrative literature review was performed in Lilacs, MedLine and SciELO databases, including randomized or nonrandomized clinical trials and quasi-experimental studies published between 2003 and 2014, in Portuguese, English or Spanish.
Results::
twenty-three studies were included. The categories of nonpharmacological interventions that improved quality of life of people with heart failure were: Remote health monitoring, Instructions on health practices, Physical activity follow-up and Traditional Chinese Medicine practices.
Conclusion::
these results can guide the selection of interventions to be implemented by health professionals that treat people with heart failure. Future systematic reviews with meta-analyses are needed in order to identify the most effective interventions for improving these individuals' quality of life.
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