News Report | February 24, 2020
Virtual Behavior Therapy Improved Engagement Of People With Heart Failure
People with heart failure that received targeted virtual behavior therapy saw significant improvements in self-care, including an increase in knowledge of physician instructions (87%), an increase in Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) scores from 67.1 to 72.2, as well as a reduction in depression symptoms (52.4%). People with an adequate SCHFI score increased from 41% to 57%.
These findings were reported in “Improved Heart Failure Self-Care in a Medicare Population Receiving Virtual Behavioral Therapy: A Health Plan-Provider Collaboration” by Heidi M. Greenberger, Consuela Dennis, Evie Andreopoulos, Naomi Pollock, Aimee Peters, and Reena . . .