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ArticlePloS one2017

Feasibility of including patients with migration background in a structured heart failure management programme: A prospective case-control study exemplarily on Turkish migrants.

Roman Pfister, Peter Ihle, Birgit Mews, Elisabeth Kohnen, Marcus Wähner, Ute Karbach, Hasan Aslan, Hans-Wilhelm Höpp, Christian Alfons Schneider

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Roman PfisterDepartment III of Internal Medicine, Heart Center, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Peter IhlePMV Forschungsgruppe, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Birgit MewsHerzNetzKöln2, Cologne, Germany.
Elisabeth KohnenHerzNetzKöln2, Cologne, Germany.
Marcus WähnerHerzNetzKöln2, Cologne, Germany.
Ute KarbachInstitute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science, Cologne, Germany.
Hasan AslanPractice for general medicine, Cologne, Germany.
Hans-Wilhelm HöppHerzNetzKöln2, Cologne, Germany.
Christian Alfons SchneiderHerzNetzKöln2, Cologne, Germany.

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Abstract

aimsStructured management programmes deliver optimized care in heart failure patients and improve outcome. We examined the feasibility of including patients with migration background speaking little or no German in a heart failure management programme. METHODS AND

resultsAfter adaption of script material and staff to Turkish language we aimed to recruit 300 Turkish and 300 German (control group) patients within 18 months using the operational basis of a local heart failure management programme for screening, contact and inclusion. Of 488 and 1,055 eligible Turkish and German patients identified through screening, 165 Turkish (34%) and 335 German (32%) patients consented on participation (p = 0.46). General practitioners contributed significantly more of the Turkish (84%) than of the German patients (16%, p<0.001). Contact attempts by programme staff were significantly less successful in Turkish (52%) than in German patients (60%, p = 0.005) due to significantly higher rate of missing phone numbers (36% vs 25%), invalid address data (28% vs 7%) and being unreachable by phone more frequently (39% vs 26%, all p<0.001). Consent rate was significantly higher in successfully contacted Turkish (63%) compared to German patients (50%, p<0.001).

conclusionThe inclusion of Turkish minority patients into a heart failure management programme is feasible with higher consent rate than in Germans. However, effort is high due to inherent logistic adaptions and barriers in identification and contacting of patients.

trial registrationDRKS00007780.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsAgedCase-Control StudiesFeasibility StudiesFemaleGeneral PractitionersGermanyHeart FailureHumansMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedPatient SelectionProspective StudiesTurkey

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