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Follow-Up Phone Calls Improving Self-Care Efficacy in Heart Failure Patients

<p> The goal of the project was to implement best-practice guidelines for adults with heart failure (HF) receiving home care. Heart failure is incurable, but can be managed when healthcare providers use evidence-based treatment guidelines and patients comply with routine follow-up and practice a healthy lifestyle. Providing access to care for the elderly in the form of a structured telephone call program to monitor self-care efficacy related to adherence to medication and other treatments and therapies is associated with reduced HF symptoms and improved quality of life. This project implemented a phone call follow-up program to evaluate and improve self-care efficacy in adults with heart failure by monitoring compliance, providing education, and focusing on key indicators of HF symptom exacerbation. The Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) was used in weekly phone calls for a total of 10 weeks. Using the SCHFI tool provided structure and included key best practice content areas with scripting to enhance consistency. The project participants were adults age > 65 year old patients receiving care through a home health care team in central Louisiana who had an established diagnosis of heart failure. </p>

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10163307
Date01 December 2016
CreatorsBordelon, Lori D.
PublisherUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette
Source SetsProQuest.com
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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