Impact of a Nurse-Led Multidisciplinary Heart Failure Clinic in a Low-Resource Setting: Experience in a Latin American Public Healthcare System

BACKGROUND: Nurse-led multidisciplinary heart failure clinics (MDHFCs) play an important role in patient care in developed countries, due to their proven benefits relating to mortality, hospitalization, and quality of life. However, evidence is limited regarding the role of MDHFCs in a limited-resou...

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Autores principales: Bravo Thompson, Harold, Zúñiga Cisneros, Julio, Cárdenas, César, González, Eyleen, Nichols, Edna, Frago, Gabriel, Romero Guerra, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10366629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37496785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2023.04.002
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Nurse-led multidisciplinary heart failure clinics (MDHFCs) play an important role in patient care in developed countries, due to their proven benefits relating to mortality, hospitalization, and quality of life. However, evidence is limited regarding the role of MDHFCs in a limited-resource setting. METHODS: Patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (n = 89) were enrolled in a prospective, longitudinal cohort, from January 2018 to January 2019. The following endpoints were collected at baseline and after 6 months of follow-up: (i) quality of life, measured using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire; (ii) medication adherence using the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale, 8-item; (iii) titration of HF medications; (iv) self-care behavior using the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale; and (v) mortality and hospitalizations up to 12 months after. RESULTS: The questionnaire score was reduced from 66.5 (interquartile range [IQR], 46-86) at baseline to 26 (IQR, 13-45) at 6 months (P < 0.001). New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class improved at 6 months (NYHA I: 41.9%; NYHA II: 39.5%; NYHA III: 17.2%), compared to baseline (NYHA I: 20%; NYHA II: 49%; NYHA III: 31%; P < 0.001). Medication adherence using the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale improved the score from 6 (IQR, 4-7) at baseline to 7 (IQR, 6.25-8; P = 0.001) at 6 months. Uptitration of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers (25% vs 18% at target dose) and beta-blockers (25% vs 11% at target dose) was documented. After 6 months of follow-up, the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale was applied, showing a score of 18.5 (IQR, 15-22). The mortality reported at 12 months of follow-up was 9.7%, and the incidence of hospitalization was 44%. CONCLUSION: An MDHFC is a feasible strategy to manage an HF clinic in a low-resource setting.

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