2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02654.x
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Does a telephone follow‐up intervention for patients discharged with acute myocardial infarction have long‐term effects on health‐related quality of life? A randomised controlled trial

Abstract: Telephone follow-up after discharge from hospital is an easy implementable follow-up intervention enabling individualised provision of information and support in a time often experienced as stressful by patients. Our study indicates that six months is an adequate support period. Despite positive results six months after discharge no significant added long-term effects of telephone follow-up, compared to usual care were found in this study.

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“…Evans & Crust, 2015;Robertson, Sheikh & Moore, 2010), alongside the body of work from nursing and physiotherapy on a variety of therapeutic aspects of cardiac recovery care (e.g. Hanssen, Nordrehaug, Eide & Hanestad, 2009;O'Driscoll, Shave, Cushion, 2007;Salminen-Tuomaala, Astedt-Kurki, Rekiaro & Paavillainen, 2012). Astin et al (2014) provides an excellent overview through their meta-ethnography of qualitative research on peoples' experiences from 27 studies with over 500 participants (see also Galick, D'Arrigo-Patrick & Knudson-Martin, 2015, for a similar review focused on women's experiences of heart disease).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evans & Crust, 2015;Robertson, Sheikh & Moore, 2010), alongside the body of work from nursing and physiotherapy on a variety of therapeutic aspects of cardiac recovery care (e.g. Hanssen, Nordrehaug, Eide & Hanestad, 2009;O'Driscoll, Shave, Cushion, 2007;Salminen-Tuomaala, Astedt-Kurki, Rekiaro & Paavillainen, 2012). Astin et al (2014) provides an excellent overview through their meta-ethnography of qualitative research on peoples' experiences from 27 studies with over 500 participants (see also Galick, D'Arrigo-Patrick & Knudson-Martin, 2015, for a similar review focused on women's experiences of heart disease).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nursing guidance makes it possible to minimize negative feelings presented by patients in reaction to new experiences, making them feel safer, which increases quality of life (1)(2)(3) . Communication generated by the nursing guidance enables the identification of meanings that the patient gives the disease and the hospital stay (4) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The nursing orientation can minimize the negative feelings of patients when they face new experiences, reassuring them and improving their quality of life. (5,6) Informative booklets are one of the strategies that can be used by nurses for the orientation. These booklets ease the work of the multidisciplinary team when instructing patients and families during the treatment, recovery and self-care processes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%