Evaluation of a self-management patient education program for patients with chronic heart failure undergoing inpatient cardiac rehabilitation: study protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Outcomes, measures, assessment

		Assessment
Outcomes	Measures	t1	t2	t3	t4
Self-management competence (primary outcome)	Health education impact questionnaire heiQ, German version [29]. Subscales Self-monitoring and insight, Skill and technique acquisition	X	X	X	X
Self-management competence (primary outcome)	Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire KCCQ, German version [30]. Subscale self-efficacy	X	X	X	X
Determinants of behavior:
Intention, action and coping planning, action control	HAPA-scales [31, 32]	X	X	X	X
Medication beliefs	Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire BMQ-D [33], German version	X	X	X	X
Self-management behavior:
Symptom control	Questionnaire will be developed by our research group	X	---	X	X
Physical activity	Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire [34], German modified version	X	---	X	X
Medication adherence	Medication Adherence Report Scale MARS-D, German version [35]	X	---	X	X
Health-related quality of life (disease specific)	Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire KCCQ, German version [30]	X	X	X	X
Treatment satisfaction	Short questionnaire developed by our research group [36]	---	X	---	---

t1 indicates admission to rehabilitation; t2, discharge from rehabilitation; t3, 6 months after rehabilitation; t4, 12 months after rehabilitation.

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