Heart failure patients with a lower educational level and better cognitive status benefit most from a self-management group programme

Smeulders, Esther S.T.F.; van Haastregt, Jolanda C.M.; Ambergen, Ton; Stoffers, Henri E.J.H.; Janssen-Boyne, Josiane J.J.; Uszko-Lencer, Nicole H.K.M.; Gorgels, Anton P.M.; Lodewijks-van der Bolt, Cara L.B.; van Eijk, Jacques Th.M.; Kempen, Gertrudis I.J.M.

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2010.01.003

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Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 214-221, November 2010

Heart failure patients with a lower educational level and better cognitive status benefit most from a self-management group programme

Esther S.T.F. Smeulders
- Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author at: Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, PO Box 616, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands.
Jolanda C.M. van Haastregt
- Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Ton Ambergen
- Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Henri E.J.H. Stoffers
- Department of General Practice, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Josiane J.J. Janssen-Boyne
- Department of Cardiology, Department of Integrated Care, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Nicole H.K.M. Uszko-Lencer
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Anton P.M. Gorgels
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Cara L.B. Lodewijks-van der Bolt
- Department of Cardiology, Atrium Medical Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Jacques Th.M. van Eijk
- Department of Social Medicine, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen
- Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author at: Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, PO Box 616, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 43 388 2292; fax: +31 43 388 41 62.