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Trial reportBMC palliative care2023

Effects of a home-based palliative heart failure program on quality of life among the elderly: a clinical trial study.

Mohammad Hossein Khajehpoor, Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Esmat Nouhi

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC palliative care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohammad Hossein KhajehpoorNursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical. Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7232-3317
Parvin Mangolian ShahrbabakiDepartment of Critical Care Nursing, Nursing Research Center, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0539-5390
Esmat NouhiDepartment of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Haft-Bagh Highway, PO Box 7716913555, Kerman, Iran. e_nuhi@kmu.ac.ir.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1906-4146
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOne of the frequent issues that lowers elderly people's quality of life is chronic heart failure, a progressive and life-limiting disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of home-based palliative care (HBPC) on the quality of life of elderly patients with heart failure who received discharge orders from hospitals affiliated with Kerman University of Medical Sciences in 2022.

methodsOne hundred heart failure patients were divided into two intervention and control groups for this randomized clinical trial study. The patients were then given the pre-test questionnaires, such as the demographic questionnaire and the Quality of Life Index (QLI) by Ferrans and Powers. The intervention group was given the home care plan. To measure the quality of life one month after the intervention, the quality of life questionnaire was lastly filled out by both groups following the last care session. Software called SPSS 22 was used to enter and analyze the patient data.

resultsThe mean age for the elderly in the intervention and in the control groups were 69.46 ± 11.61 and 66.14 ± 12.09 years, respectively. The palliative care program at home made a statistically significant difference in the quality of life and all of its components in the elderly with heart failure in the intervention group immediately after the intervention and one month after the intervention compared to before (P < 0.001). As a result, its scores improved compared to the stage before the intervention. Additionally, a significant difference between the quality of life score and all of its components between the intervention's immediate aftermath and one month later was noted (P < 0.05).

conclusionHome-based palliative care has a positive effect on the quality of life for elderly people who have heart failure, making it a worthwhile intervention to enhance their quality of life. TRIAL REGISTRATIONS: (IRCT20211213053389N1). Date of registration: (19/02/2022).

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Heart FailureHome Care ServicesHospice and Palliative Care NursingAgedAged, 80 and overHumansMiddle AgedQuality of LifeResearch DesignElderlyHeart FailureHome CarePalliative CareQuality of Life

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PMID37674146
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