جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "telephone follow up by nurse" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

After-discharge follow-up care is one of the most important strategies to help patients with heart failure to prevent worsening of the disease. This study aimed to compare the patient education and follow-up by nurse on anxiety in patients with heart failure referred to Rajaei cardiovascular center، Tehran، Iran. In this clinical trial study، 189 patients with heart failure were selected using purposive sampling method and randomly divided into 3 groups in 2012. The control group received only hospital routine care. The first intervention group received one hour of discharge education and one educational booklet at the time of discharge and second intervention group received telephone followed-up by nurse 3 months after discharge in addition of receiving one hour discharge education and educational booklet at the time of discharge. Data collection tools included Beck anxiety and a researcher-made demographic questionnaire. Data were analyzed using chi-square and one-way ANOVA tests via SPSS18 software. The means of anxiety scores were 21. 9 ± 11. 5 and 11. 0 ± 7. 6، 19. 2 ± 9. 7 and 19. 6 ± 9. 2، and 18. 9 ± 6. 9 and 18. 7 ± 11. 7 before and after the intervention in first and second intervention and control groups، respectively. Before the intervention، there was no significant between means of anxiety scores in 3 groups (P = 0. 168) but after the intervention، this difference was significant (P < 0. 001). After 3 months of telephone follow-up by nurse، there was a significant reduction in patients’ anxiety scores. So، this kind of cost-effective follow-up intervention after discharge can reduce anxiety in patient with heart failure.

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of patient education and telephone follow up by the nurse on the level of hope in patients suffering from heart failure. In this study, 189 patients suffering from heart failure were chosen using the convenient sampling method and randomly were assigned into two experiment and one control groups. The control group received only usual care. The first intervention group received one hour education and also one educational booklet at the time of discharge. The second intervention group received telephone followed up by the nurse three months after discharge and also one hour education and educational booklet at the time of discharge. Data was collected using miller hope and demographic data questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. There was no significant difference between the mean of hope in the groups (P=0.354). After the intervention, a significant difference was reported between the mean of hope in the groups (P=0.004). Patient educations at discharge and telephone follow up after discharge as a cost-effective method by the nurse significantly increase hope in patients suffering from heart failure.

This study has been done with the aim of assessing the effect of patient’s education and telephone follow up by nurse on readmissions of the patients with heart failure. In this experimental study that had been done in 2011, 189 heart failure patients hospitalized in ShahidRajayee cardiovascular hospital were selected by purposive sampling method and they were randomly divided into 3 control or intervention groups. The control group received only hospital routine care. The first intervention group received one hour face to face education and one educational researcher made booklet at the time of discharge. Second intervention group in addition to receiving one hour face to face education and educational booklet at the time of discharge, received telephone follow up by nurse for the next 3 months. Data collection tools included demographic questionnaire and readmission check lists. Data were analyzed by statistical tests and spss16 software. patient’s education during discharge and telephone follow up after discharge decrease readmission level significantly. After 3 months of follow-up there was significant difference respectively for hospital, clinical and doctor’s office readmissions (p=0.06), (p=000) (p=000) between groups. Patients’ rapid follow up after discharge can be suggested as away in order to decrease readmissions.