Effects of patient teaching, educational materials, and coaching using telephone on dyspnea and physical functioning among persons with heart failure.

Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of death in Thailand and other developing countries. This study shows that a coaching using telephone program is an accessible and feasible strategy that helps patients with HF to self-manage HF symptoms, decrease dyspnea, and improve physical functioning at home. Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Apinya Wongpiriyayothar, Ubolrat Piamjariyakul, Phoebe D Williams. Effects of patient teaching, educational materials, and coaching using telephone on dyspnea and physical functioning among persons with heart failure. Applied nursing research : ANR. 2011 Nov;24(4):e59-66

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PMID: 20974096

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