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<bold>Aim.</bold> To determine the eff ects of interventional follow-up phone calls on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adult patients with heart failure (HF).
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> This quasi-experimental with a one-group pretest-posttest design was conducted on 30 patients with HF receiving interventional follow-up phone calls by a cardiology nurse from an internationally recognized healthcare organization in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected by sociodemographic and clinical surveys and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. A paired sample t-student test was conducted to measure the eff ectiveness of the follow-up calls on the HRQOL pretest and posttest.
<bold>Results.</bold> A statistically significant difference was found between the pre-intervention and post-intervention mean scores of the total HRQOL scale and all the subscales: physical, emotional/psychological, and socio-economic (p&lt;0.001). The diff erence between the mean pretest-posttest scores was 31.08 (SD=11.09), which was statistically significant at t(29)=14.29 (p&lt;0.001). The participants’ overall HRQOL increased significantly after the intervention (Mean=39.04, SD=1.66).
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Interventional follow-up phone calls were found to be eff ective in improving the HRQOL of patients with HF. However, a larger study – a multi-center one, is needed to confirm the findings of this study. By providing empirical evidence, this research may motivate cardiology nurses to pursue such programs in this population.
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Aim. To determine the eff ects of interventional follow-up phone calls on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adult patients with heart failure (HF).
Material and methods. This quasi-experimental with a one-group pretest-posttest design was conducted on 30 patients with HF receiving interventional follow-up phone calls by a cardiology nurse from an internationally recognized healthcare organization in Saudi Arabia. Data were collected by sociodemographic and clinical surveys and Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire. A paired sample t-student test was conducted to measure the eff ectiveness of the follow-up calls on the HRQOL pretest and posttest.
Results. A statistically significant difference was found between the pre-intervention and post-intervention mean scores of the total HRQOL scale and all the subscales: physical, emotional/psychological, and socio-economic (p<0.001). The diff erence between the mean pretest-posttest scores was 31.08 (SD=11.09), which was statistically significant at t(29)=14.29 (p<0.001). The participants’ overall HRQOL increased significantly after the intervention (Mean=39.04, SD=1.66).
Conclusions. Interventional follow-up phone calls were found to be eff ective in improving the HRQOL of patients with HF. However, a larger study – a multi-center one, is needed to confirm the findings of this study. By providing empirical evidence, this research may motivate cardiology nurses to pursue such programs in this population.

Effect of interventional follow-up phone calls on health-related quality of life in adult patients with heart failure in Saudi Arabia: a pilot study

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. To determine the eff ects of interventional follow-up phone calls on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in adult patients with heart failure...

Effect of interventional follow-up phone calls on health-related quality of life in adult patients with heart failure in Saudi Arabia: a pilot study

Published Online: Apr 26, 2023

Page range: 20 - 25

Received: Nov 07, 2022

Accepted: Jan 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0008

Keywords
follow-up phone calls, health-related quality of life, nurses, patients with heart failure, study quasi-experimental

© 2023 Dhuha Youssef Wazqar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Effect of interventional follow-up phone calls on health-related quality of life in adult patients with heart failure in Saudi Arabia: a pilot study

Published Online: Apr 26, 2023

Page range: 20 - 25

Received: Nov 07, 2022

Accepted: Jan 13, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2023-0008

Keywordsfollow-up phone calls, health-related quality of life, nurses, patients with heart failure, study quasi-experimental

© 2023 Dhuha Youssef Wazqar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
follow-up phone calls, health-related quality of life, nurses, patients with heart failure, study quasi-experimental