Home-based nursing interventions improve knowledge of disease and management in patients with heart failure

Authors

  • Karina de Oliveira Azzolin Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Escola de Enfermagem; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Dayanna Machado Lemos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Amália de Fátima Lucena Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Escola de Enfermagem; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0144.2523

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to assess patient knowledge of heart failure by home-based measurement of two NOC Nursing Outcomes over a six-month period and correlate mean outcome indicator scores with mean scores of a heart failure Knowledge Questionnaire. METHODS: in this before-and-after study, patients with heart failure received four home visits over a six-month period after hospital discharge. At each home visit, nursing interventions were implemented, NOC outcomes were assessed, and the Knowledge Questionnaire was administered. RESULTS: overall, 23 patients received home visits. Mean indicator scores for the outcome Knowledge: Medication were 2.27±0.14 at home visit 1 and 3.55±0.16 at home visit 4 (P<0.001); and, for the outcome Knowledge: Treatment Regimen, 2.33±0.13 at home visit 1 and 3.59±0.14 at home visit 4 (P<0.001). The correlation between the Knowledge Questionnaire and the Nursing Outcomes Classification scores was strong at home visit 1 (r=0.7, P<0.01), but weak and non significant at visit 4. CONCLUSION: the results show improved patient knowledge of heart failure and a strong correlation between Nursing Outcomes Classification indicator scores and Knowledge Questionnaire scores. The NOC Nursing Outcomes proved effective as knowledge assessment measures when compared with the validated instrument.

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Published

2015-02-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 1 (2015)

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Home-based nursing interventions improve knowledge of disease and management in patients with heart failure . (2015). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(1), 44-50. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0144.2523