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Meta-Analysis
. 2020 Sep 9;17(18):6559.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17186559.

Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Heart Failure Self-Care Education on Health Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Youn-Jung Son  1 , JiYeon Choi  2 , Hyeon-Ju Lee  3
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Meta-Analysis

Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Heart Failure Self-Care Education on Health Outcomes of Heart Failure Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Youn-Jung Son et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Poor self-care behaviors can lead to an increase in the risk of adverse health outcomes among patients with heart failure. Although a number of studies have investigated the effectiveness of nurse-led self-care education, the evidence regarding the effects of nurse-led intervention in heart failure remains uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate evidence on the effectiveness of nurse-led heart failure self-care education on health outcomes in patients with heart failure. To identify studies testing nurse-led education designed to improve self-care among heart failure patients, comprehensive search methods were used between January 2000 and October 2019 to systematically search six electronic databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Embase, Cochrane library, Web of Science, and SCOPUS. All the eligible study data elements were independently assessed and analyzed using random-effects meta-analysis methods. Of 612 studies, eight articles were eligible for this study. Nurse-led heart failure self-care education significantly reduced the risk of all-cause readmission (risk ratio (RR) = 0.75, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.66-0.85), heart failure specific readmission (RR = 0.60, 95% CI = 0.42-0.85), and all-cause mortality or readmission (RR = 0.71, 95% CI = 0.61-0.82). However, nurse-led heart failure self-care education was not associated with improvements in the quality of life and heart failure knowledge. Studies on the effectiveness of nurse-led heart failure self-care education mostly report only the positive effects on patients' health outcomes, whereas evidence of the effectiveness of the nurse-led approach is still limited. Therefore, high quality randomized controlled trials with detailed and explicit descriptions on the components of the interventions are needed.

Keywords: heart failure; meta-analysis; nursing; self-care; systematic reviews.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflict of interest to declare.

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Flow chart of systematic review of literature.
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Risk of bias graph.
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Risk of bias summary.
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The effect of nurse-led self-care education intervention on health outcomes. Note: CI = confidence interval.
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