Abstract
BACKGROUND: To date, contemporary heart failure care remains patient-focused, but awareness of the partners' and families' situation is increasing. Randomized studies have mainly evaluated the short-term effects of dyadic interventions. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the 24-month effects of an intervention with psych-educational support in dyads of heart failure patients and their partners.
METHODS: This study used a randomized study design and 155 patient-partner dyads were enrolled. The intervention included a nurse-led program of three sessions addressing psychoeducational support.
RESULTS: The intervention did not have any effect on health, depressive symptoms or perceived control among the patient-partner dyads after 24 months. Furthermore, time to first event did not differ significantly between the intervention group and the control patients.
CONCLUSION: This study may be regarded as a first step in trying to understand dyads' need for supportive care. Individualized and more targeted interventions seem necessary to achieve a higher impact on dyad outcomes.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02398799.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | e0138058 |
| Journal | PLoS ONE |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Family
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Heart Failure/psychology
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Patient Education as Topic
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation
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