%0 Journal Article
%T Effectiveness of an educational program in nursing in the self-care of patients with heart failure: randomized controlled trial
%A Rodr¨ªguez-G¨¢zquez
%A Mar¨ªa de los ¨¢ngeles
%A Arredondo-Holgu¨ªn
%A Edith
%A Herrera-Cort¨¦s
%A Richard
%J Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
%D 2012
%I Universidade de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0104-11692012000200012
%X unblinded randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program in nursing (educational meetings, home visits, telenursing and a printed book) in the improvement of self-care behaviors in patients with heart failure was evaluated. thirty-three people participated in the intervention group and thirty in the control group. at the beginning and at the end of the study (ninth month), nancy artinian's heart failure self-care behaviors scale was applied to assess the level of self-care. 66.0% of the intervention group versus 26.6% of the control group improved the self-care score by at least 20% (p<0.001). the number needed to treat was 2.5. the findings suggest that the educational intervention has beneficial effects on the self-care behaviors of people with heart failure.
%K heart failure
%K self-care
%K education
%K nursing
%K randomized controlled trial.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-11692012000200012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en