Effects of home disease management strategies based on the dyadic illness management theory on elderly patients with chronic heart failure and informal caregivers’ physical and psychological outcomes: protocol of a randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 667 - 13
• Main Authors: Hu, Yaoyao, Yu, Lu, Zhu, Lingyun, Li, Li, Li, Xiaojing, Wang, Xiaoyan, Zhou, Taihua, GU, Danfeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09.10.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aged; Aged patients; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Cardiac patients; Cardiology; Care and treatment; Caregivers; Caregivers - psychology; China; Chronic Disease; Chronic heart failure; Chronic illnesses; Clinical trials; Disease Management; Diseases; Dyadic illness management theory; Female; Health aspects; Heart failure; Heart Failure - psychology; Heart Failure - rehabilitation; Heart Failure - therapy; Home care; Home Care Services; Hospitals; Humans; Informal caregivers; Intervention; Male; Management; Management techniques; Management theory; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Mental Health; Methods; Nursing care; Older people; Patient outcomes; Patients; Prospective Studies; Psychological aspects; Quality of Life; Randomized controlled trial; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Rehabilitation; Strategic planning (Business); Study Protocol; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome; China; Informal caregivers; Chronic heart failure; Disease management; Randomized controlled trial; Dyadic illness management theory

Currently, most elderly chronic heart failure (CHF) patients go home for rehabilitation after certain treatment in hospitals. However, the results of their rehabilitation at home are not satisfactory. According to studies, dyadic treatments can increase the efficiency of home rehabilitation, enhance...