SynthesisInvestigacion y educacion en enfermeria2021
Effect of Educational Interventions to Reduce Readmissions due to Heart Failure Decompensation in Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- Clinical practice guidelines for diagnostic and treatment of the chronic heart failure.Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico · 2024Guideline
- Efficacy of Nurse-Led and Multidisciplinary Self-Management Programmes for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: An Umbrella Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Historical Gaps in the Integration of Patient-Centric Self-Management Components in HFrEF Interventions: An Umbrella Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Narrative synthesis of the effectiveness and characteristics of heart failure disease self-management support programmes.ESC heart failure · 2024Review
- Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: How to Deal with This Chameleon.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Challenges and opportunities for increasing patient involvement in heart failure self-care programs and self-care in the post-hospital discharge period.Research involvement and engagement · 2023Review
- The Efficacy of Self-care Behaviors, Educational Interventions, and Follow-up Strategies on Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates in Patients with Heart Failure.Galen medical journal · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of Heart Failure Checklist Management in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: An Open-Label, Single-Center Controlled Study During 18 Months of Follow-Up.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo estimate the combined effect of educational interventions (EI) on decreased readmissions and time of hospital stay in adults with heart failure, compared with usual care.
methodsSystematic review (SR) and meta-analysis (MA) of randomized controlled trials that followed the recommendations of the PRISMA statement. The protocol was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42019139321). Searches were made from inception until July 2019 in the databases of PubMed/Medline, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, Lilacs, Web of Science, and Scopus. The MA was conducted through the random effects model. The effect measure used for the dichotomous outcomes was relative risk (RR) and for continuous outcomes the mean difference (MD) was used, with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Heterogeneity was evaluated through the inconsistency statistic (I2).
resultsOf 2369 studies identified, 45 were included in the SR and 43 in the MA. The MA of studies with follow-up at six months showed a decrease in readmissions of 30% (RR: 0.70; 95% CI: 0.58 to 0.84; I2: 0%) and the 12-month follow-up evidenced a reduction of 33% (RR: 0.67; 95% CI: 0.58 to 0.76; I2: 52%); both analyses in favor of the EI group. Regarding the time of hospital stay, a reduction was found of approximately two days in patients who received the EI (MD: -1.98; 95% CI: -3.27 to -0.69; I2: 7%).
conclusionsThe findings support the benefits of EI to reduce readmissions and days of hospital stay in adult patients with heart failure.
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