Heart failure & cardiomyopathies

A Scoping Review of Heart Failure Transitional Care Quality Indicators and Outcomes for Use in Clinical Care and Research

Eur J Heart FailPublished Scoping review of randomised controlled trials

Authors' conclusion

In this scoping review, we developed a list of quality indicators that could guide clinical efforts or serve as research endpoints in transitional care in HF.

Study context

Population
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of adults hospitalised for heart failure (HF) receiving a healthcare service or strategy intervention to improve patient-reported or clinical outcomes; MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, HealthSTAR, reference lists and grey literature, January 1990 to November 202242 RCTs
Methodological detailsqualitative synthesis
  • Qualitative synthesis

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

HF transitional care quality indicators
  • Set of process, structure, patient-reported and clinical indicators identified for use as transitional care measures in clinical or research settings

Original publication

A Scoping Review of Heart Failure Transitional Care Quality Indicators and Outcomes for Use in Clinical Care and Research. Eur J Heart Fail. Published 30 August 2023. doi:10.1002/ejhf.2955

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