Effect of transitional care intervention on the outcome of patients with chronic heart failure:A Meta-analysis

VernacularTitle:延续性护理干预对慢性心力衰竭患者预后影响的Meta分析
Author: Chuanlin ZHANG ; Zeju ZHANG ; Shaoyu MU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Transitional care; Heart failure; Outcome; Meta-analysis
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2014;30(18):55-58
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the influence of transitional care intervention on the outcome of patients with chronic heart failure.Methods The randomized controlled trials (RCT) on transitional care intervention were researched by the database of Pubmed,Medline and CBM.Data were analyzed using Stata 12.0 software.Results 17 RCTS were enrolled in this study.The results of Meta-analysis showed that transitional care intervention could reduce the total incidence of hospital readmission and readmission to hospital with heart failure.However,there was no significant difference in mortality among the two groups.Conclusions Transitional care intervention can reduce the total incidence of hospital readmission and readmission to hospital with heart failure for patients with heart failure.