Content of Heart failure education by Health-care professionals in Noorder-Kempen, Belgium and Maastricht, the Netherlands: the INTERACT-in-HF study

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements INTERREG NWE IVb Background According to ESC-guidelines non-pharmacological interventions such as patient-education on lifestyle and self-care support are important to maintain quality of life (QOL) and to prevent (re)hospitalisation in Heart-Failure (HF). Additionally, these guidelines state that HF treatment should be organised in multidisciplinary programs. However, at this moment it remains unclear what kind of information and self-care support is provided by which health care (HC) professional in the regions Noorder-Kempen and Maastricht. Purpose The aim... Mehr ...