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Trial reportThe journal of nursing research : JNR2020

The Impact of Nurse-Led Cardiac Rehabilitation on Quality of Life and Biophysiological Parameters in Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Porkodi Arjunan, Ramakrishnan Venkatakrishnan Trichur

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Trial report in The journal of nursing research : JNR, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Porkodi ArjunanPhD, RN, Reader, Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Chennai, India.
Ramakrishnan Venkatakrishnan TrichurMD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Chennai, India.
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality in the Indian subcontinent, accounting for 38% of deaths annually. One cardiovascular disease in particular, heart failure, is a growing public health problem both in India and worldwide. PURPOSE: Heart failure is a chronic, progressive disease with increasing rates of incidence and prevalence. This study was conducted to determine the influence of a nurse-led cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life and biophysiological parameters in patients with chronic heart failure. In this study, it was hypothesized that participants in the cardiac rehabilitation program would report significantly more-positive changes in quality of life and biophysiological parameters than their peers who did not participate in this program.

methodsIn this randomized controlled trial, the participants were patients with chronic heart failure who had been admitted to a tertiary care hospital in India. The participants assigned to the intervention group received both nurse-led cardiac rehabilitation and routine care. In addition, intervention group participants received a booklet on cardiac rehabilitation, Healthy Way to Healthy Heart, at discharge and fortnightly telephone reminders about good cardiac rehabilitation practices. A standard questionnaire was used to collect targeted information on participants' general and disease-specific quality of life at 1 and 3 months postintervention. Biophysiological parameters such as body mass index, blood pressure, and serum cholesterol values were also measured.

resultsTwo thirds of the participants in each group (65% in the intervention group and 66% in the control group) were between 51 and 70 years old. The mean score for the mental component summary of generic quality of life steadily decreased in the control group and steadily increased in the intervention group at the first and second posttests. CONCLUSIONS/IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Nurses working in cardiology units play a pivotal role in educating and managing the health status of patients with heart failure. Providing cardiac rehabilitation to patients with heart failure benefits the quality of life of these patients. Nurses working in cardiology units should encourage patients with heart failure to practice cardiac rehabilitation for a longer period to further improve their quality of life.

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AgedCardiac RehabilitationFemaleHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedPractice Patterns, Nurses'Quality of Life

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