A randomized controlled trial to evaluate an educational strategy involving community health volunteers in improving self-care in patients with chronic heart failure: Rationale, design and methodology

Siabani, S; Driscoll, T; Davidson, PM; Leeder, SR

A randomized controlled trial to evaluate an educational strategy involving community health volunteers in improving self-care in patients with chronic heart failure: Rationale, design and methodology

Siabani, S

Driscoll, T Davidson, PM

Leeder, SR

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Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Siabani, S https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2856-0205	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Driscoll, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Davidson, PM https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2050-1534	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leeder, SR	en_US
dc.date.available	2014-11-14	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	SpringerPlus, 2014, 3 (1)	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/117833
dc.description.abstract	© 2014, Siabani et al.; licensee Springer. Background: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is an increasingly important health problem worldwide. Effective self-care can improve the outcomes and quality of life in patients with CHF. Acknowledging the important role of educational interventions for improving self-care, we sought to assess a new educational strategy involving community health volunteers (CHVs) that could reduce the cost and, hypothetically, increase the effectiveness of self-care education in patients with CHF.Methods/Design: In this ongoing three-arm controlled trial, approved by two human research ethics committees in Australia and Iran, 231 patients with CHF registered at a referral cardiovascular hospital in Iran were randomly allocated into three groups -trained by community health volunteers at patients’ homes, rained by formal health professionals at hospital; and a control group with no formal educational exposure. Data obtained through interviewing participants and using the Persian self-care of CHF index (pSCHFI) before and two months after interventions will be analysed using SAS and SPSS.Discussion: The results of this study may help health service systems, especially in countries with limited resources, make use of community volunteers to teach patients with CHF to develop self-care behaviors and skills, reducing the cost of care and improving CHF outcomes. Also, this home-based educational strategy using face-to-face training, if successful, may provide psychosocial supports for patients suffering from chronic illnesses.Trial registration number: ACTRN12614000788673(Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry).	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	SpringerPlus	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1186/2193-1801-3-689	en_US
dc.title	A randomized controlled trial to evaluate an educational strategy involving community health volunteers in improving self-care in patients with chronic heart failure: Rationale, design and methodology	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Nursing
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pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	3	en_US

Abstract:

© 2014, Siabani et al.; licensee Springer. Background: Chronic heart failure (CHF) is an increasingly important health problem worldwide. Effective self-care can improve the outcomes and quality of life in patients with CHF. Acknowledging the important role of educational interventions for improving self-care, we sought to assess a new educational strategy involving community health volunteers (CHVs) that could reduce the cost and, hypothetically, increase the effectiveness of self-care education in patients with CHF.Methods/Design: In this ongoing three-arm controlled trial, approved by two human research ethics committees in Australia and Iran, 231 patients with CHF registered at a referral cardiovascular hospital in Iran were randomly allocated into three groups -trained by community health volunteers at patients’ homes, rained by formal health professionals at hospital; and a control group with no formal educational exposure. Data obtained through interviewing participants and using the Persian self-care of CHF index (pSCHFI) before and two months after interventions will be analysed using SAS and SPSS.Discussion: The results of this study may help health service systems, especially in countries with limited resources, make use of community volunteers to teach patients with CHF to develop self-care behaviors and skills, reducing the cost of care and improving CHF outcomes. Also, this home-based educational strategy using face-to-face training, if successful, may provide psychosocial supports for patients suffering from chronic illnesses.Trial registration number: ACTRN12614000788673(Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry).

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