Aim: The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of self-management intervention on four prognostic indicators of readmission rate, mortality rate, self-management ability and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure.
Design: A meta-analysis.
Methods: This study was selected from the related studies published from January 1999 to January 2022, and was searched by searching five databases: PubMed, Science of Website, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wan Fang and Wei Pu (VIP). All standardized randomized controlled trial studies were collected, and the quality evaluation and meta-analysis of the included literature were conducted.
Results: This study included 20 randomized controlled trials involving 3459 patients with chronic heart failure. Meta-analysis results showed that self-management intervention could reduce the readmission rate of patients with chronic heart failure, improved self-management ability of patients, improved quality of life, but there was no statistical significance in mortality.
Keywords: chronic heart failure; meta-analysis; prognosis; self-management.
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