Caregiver presence in a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme improves the health-related quality of life of patients with heart failure

Noonan, M. C., Frost, J., Dalal, H. M. and Taylor, R. S. (2023) Caregiver presence in a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme improves the health-related quality of life of patients with heart failure. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, (doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvad031) (PMID:36882086) (Early Online Publication)

Abstract

Rehabilitation Enablement in CHronic Heart Failure (REACH-HF) is a home-based cardiac rehabilitation intervention designed for patients with heart failure and their caregivers. We present a pooled analysis of patients > 18 years with a confirmed diagnosis of HF recruited to two REACH-HF randomised controlled trials. Where identified by patients and they consented to participate, caregivers were randomly assigned with patients to receive the REACH-HF intervention plus usual care or usual care alone. Our analysis demonstrated that compared to control group, the REACH-HF group had a greater gain in their disease-specific health related quality of life at follow up.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This study was supported by a University of Exeter Postgraduate Studentship Grant. The data collection for the data for the two REACH-HF trials reanalysed in this article was originally funded by was supported by the United Kingdom’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Programme Grants for Applied Research (grant number RP-PG-1210-12004).
• Status: Early Online Publication
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Taylor, Professor Rod
• Authors: Noonan, M. C., Frost, J., Dalal, H. M., and Taylor, R. S.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health
• Journal Name: European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• ISSN: 1474-5151
• ISSN (Online): 1873-1953
• Published Online: 07 March 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License