Activities of daily living for patients with chronic heart failure: a partnership care model evaluation.

AIM: The study determined the effect of a partnership care model (PCM) on the activities of daily living (ADL) of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF).

BACKGROUND

Management programs for patients with CHF are needed to optimize care.

METHODS

This randomized clinical trial was designed in 2011 in four wards at two Iranian hospital centers with the participation of 104 patients with CHF who had hospitalization histories. The Lawton questionnaire was used to measure the dependent variable (ADL) at baseline after 3 months.

RESULTS

The mean difference (pre- and post-intervention) of the scores for the control (MD=0.06; SD=1.5) and experimental (MD=-2.3; SD=1.4) groups were calculated. T-test results showed that there was a significant difference in the means (p<0.05) between groups. The effect size (2.18) and standardized effect size (54.5) were also calculated.

CONCLUSION

The findings suggest that centered ADL intervention based on a PCM improved the ADL of patients substantially more than other interventions.