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Evaluation of a Heart Failure Knowledge Questionnaire and Its Use in Guiding the Educational Intervention by J.G. Sánchez-Ramos; M.D. Lerma-Barba; D. Segura-Rodríguez; A. Pardo-Cabello; M.T. Molina-Ruiz; F. Burillo-Gómez; S. Martínez-Huertas; E. Nieto-García; P. Giner-Escobar; E. Moreno-Escobar is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Introduction and objective: Patient education by nurses is a cornerstone of any heart failure (hf) program, but the models are widely heterogeneous and few specific instruments exist. our objective is to evaluate our own questionnaire and its utility as a guide for educational intervention. ## Methods: This work is a prospective cohort study of patients followed-up on in a specialized unit after diagnosis of hf. the intervention group received educational sessions guided according to their knowledge using the questionnaire and was compared to a group which received standard education. the validity and reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated. the utility of the educational model was determined by the primary composite endpoint of death and/or hospital admission or emergency care for hf. ## Results: A total of 152 patients were included, 88 which received guided education and 64 which received standard education, with a mean follow-up time of 16±4 months. in the guided education group, the evaluation questionnaire score (qs) rose from 59% to 78.5% (p=0.018), which was associated with greater self-care (28.5-0.6\*qs, p=0.04), a tendency toward better quality of life (51.1-1.

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Author

J.G. Sánchez-Ramos; M.D. Lerma-Barba; D. Segura-Rodríguez; A. Pardo-Cabello; M.T. Molina-Ruiz; F. Burillo-Gómez; S. Martínez-Huertas; E. Nieto-García; P. Giner-Escobar; E. Moreno-Escobar

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)