Patient Education and Counseling
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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding 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.
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  • Jolanda C.M. van Haastregt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Ton Ambergen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Methodology and Statistics, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Henri E.J.H. Stoffers

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Josiane J.J. Janssen-Boyne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Department of Integrated Care, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Nicole H.K.M. Uszko-Lencer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Anton P.M. Gorgels

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Cara L.B. Lodewijks-van der Bolt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Atrium Medical Centre, Heerlen, The Netherlands
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  • Jacques Th.M. van Eijk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Gertrudis I.J.M. Kempen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care and Nursing Science, Maastricht University/CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding 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.

Received 20 July 2009 ,Revised 30 December 2009 ,Accepted 9 January 2010.

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PII: S0738-3991(10)00010-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.01.003

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 214-221 , November 2010

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