2022
A digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study
Hearn J, Wali S, Birungi P, Cafazzo JA, Ssinabulya I, Akiteng AR, Ross HJ, Seto E, Schwartz JI. A digital self-care intervention for Ugandan patients with heart failure and their clinicians: User-centred design and usability study. Digital Health 2022, 8: 20552076221129064. PMID: 36185389, PMCID: PMC9520172, DOI: 10.1177/20552076221129064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDigital health interventionsSelf-care interventionsHeart failureHF patientsUgandan patientsHealth interventionsSigns of decompensationUnstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technologySelf-care behaviorsSelf-care efficacyResource-limited settingsHF symptomsPatients' qualityHigh-income countriesPatientsTreatment adviceCliniciansInterventionSuch interventionsLimited informationUgandaDecompensationHospitalizationFailureSymptoms
2002
Differences between African Americans and whites in the outcome of heart failure: Evidence for a greater functional decline in African Americans
Vaccarino V, Gahbauer E, Kasl SV, Charpentier PA, Acampora D, Krumholz HM. Differences between African Americans and whites in the outcome of heart failure: Evidence for a greater functional decline in African Americans. American Heart Journal 2002, 143: 1058-1067. PMID: 12075264, DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2002.122123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedAnalysis of VarianceBlack PeopleCohort StudiesFemaleHealth Services AccessibilityHeart FailureHospitalizationHumansIncomeMaleMiddle AgedOutcome Assessment, Health CareProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesQuality of Health CareSocioeconomic FactorsWhite PeopleConceptsGreater functional declineHeart failureCare indicatorsFunctional declineAfrican AmericansSelf-reported health statusSigns of decompensationDecompensated heart failureHistory of hypertensionProspective cohort studyVentricular ejection fractionDaily living functionAfrican American patientsDaily living functioningRenal insufficiencyBaseline characteristicsCohort studyConsecutive patientsEjection fractionHospital admissionFunctional statusAmerican patientsPoor courseLiving functioningHigh risk
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