Publications by authors named "Esther Calero Molina"
Population-based evaluation of the impact of socioeconomic status on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure in integrated care settings.
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed)
October 2023
Introduction And Objectives: Low socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with poor outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). We aimed to examine the influence of SES on health outcomes after a quality of care improvement intervention for the management of HF integrating hospital and primary care resources in a health care area of 209 255 inhabitants.
Methods: We conducted a population-based pragmatic evaluation of the implementation of an integrated HF program by conducting a natural experiment using health care data.
Background: The potential positive effect of electronic health (eHealth)-based heart failure (HF) monitoring remains uncertain mainly in the 'low literacy' or 'computer or digital illiterate' patients. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a telemedicine (TM)-based managed care solution across literacy levels and information and communications technology (ICT) skills.
Methods: We performed a sub-analysis on the basis of two literacy domains encompassed in the definition of 'eHealth literacy' to the HF-patients included in the 'insuficiència Cardíaca Optimització Remota' (iCOR) randomized study comparing TM vs.
Objectives: To gather insights on the disease experience of patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and assess how patients' experiences and narratives related to the disease complement data collected through standardised patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Also, to explore new ways of evaluating the burden experienced by patients and caregivers.
Design: Observational, descriptive, multicentre, cross-sectional, mixed-methods study.
Background: The potential impact of telemedicine (TM) in the monitoring of patients with heart failure (HF) is still uncertain particularly in the frailest patients. The aim of this study was to define the efficacy of a TM-based managed care solution across different HF patient frailty phenotypes.
Methods: We performed a clustering analysis on the basis of 8 frailty-related dimensions to the HF-patients included in the 'insuficiència Cardíaca Optimització Remota' (iCOR) randomised study comparing TM vs.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the link between self-care in patients with heart failure (HF) and long-term health outcomes like mortality and hospitalizations.
- - In a cohort of 1,123 chronic HF patients followed for an average of 3.3 years, better self-care was significantly associated with lower all-cause and cardiovascular death rates, as well as reduced HF hospitalizations.
- - Findings indicate that poorer self-care practices, particularly in areas like autonomy and seeking medical advice, are strong predictors of increased mortality and hospitalization in chronic HF patients.
Introduction: Nurses play an important part in the education of patients with HF. To prepare patients with HF for self-care maintenance behaviours, nurses must have knowledge of basic self-care maintenance principles.
Aim Study: The aim of this study was to determine the degree of knowledge of primary care (PC) nurses on the principles of self-management of HF and variables associated with this.