There was evidence to suggest that education can improve HRQoL and decrease healthcare costs by reductions in downstream healthcare utilization .
Conclusions : Our review had insufficient power to exclude clinical ly important effects of education on mortality and morbidity .
Background : To assess the effects of patient education on mortality , morbidity , health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) , and healthcare costs in people with coronary heart disease ( CHD ) .
Impact of self-management education on the functional health status of older adults with heart disease.
This paper presents findings from the evaluation of a self-management education program based on self-regulation principles . Older men and women ( N = 324 ) were r and omly assigned to program and control groups . Outcomes were measured using the Sickness Impact Profile . Twelve months following baseline data collection , psychosocial functioning of program participants was significantly better than that of controls . Different program effects were noted when results were analyzed by participant gender
There was evidence to suggest that education can improve HRQoL and decrease healthcare costs by reductions in downstream healthcare utilization .
Conclusions : Our review had insufficient power to exclude clinical ly important effects of education on mortality and morbidity .
Background : To assess the effects of patient education on mortality , morbidity , health-related quality of life ( HRQoL ) , and healthcare costs in people with coronary heart disease ( CHD ) .