Effect of transitional care intervention on quality of life for patients with chronic heart failure:a Meta-analysis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective We aimed to evaluate the effect of transitional care intervention on the quality of life for 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.The influencing factors of transitional care intervention of quality of life of patients with heart failure were analyzed using Stata 12.0 software.Results 12 articles were enrolled in this study.The quality of life in the experimental group was significantly enhanced when comparing with the control group in the total level,physical and emotional aspects,SMD values were-0.62,-0.72 and-0.50,the difference had statistical significance.Conclusions Transitional care intervention can improve the quality of life for patients with chronic heart failure and the best effect can be obtained on the 3rd to 6th months.