The impact of community-based, nurse-supported heart
failure management on self-care behaviour, psychosocial
and clinical outcomes

Chen, Sheau Huey

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Open access

Authors

Chen, Sheau Huey

Date

2023

Supervisor

Andrew Maiorana

Type

Thesis

Award

PhD

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Faculty

Health Sciences

School

School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/94389

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

This thesis investigated the effects of two models of community-based, nurse-led chronic heart failure (CHF) care. Study 1 evaluated a nurse practitioner-led clinic, which provided support to patients with CHF, compared with a control group. Study 2 was a randomised controlled trial of a nurse-supported telemonitoring intervention for patients with CHF. We found that community-based, nurse-led models of care improved self-managementr in patients with CHF with telemonitoring found to be a valuable adjunct to conventional CHF care.