Table 8: Summary of Results.

Event-Free Survival	Readmissions	Mortality	HRQOL at 1 year (Minnesota Quality of Life Score)
Reduction of 47 events per 100 patients (95% CI, 29–65), P < 0.001 per year of observation in intervention patients. Intervention: 156 events (30 deaths and 126 all-cause readmissions) Control: 250 events (51 deaths 199 all-cause readmissions)	Reduction of 16% (95% CI, 4%–28%), P = 0.004 in the rate of readmitted patients for any cause in intervention group. Intervention: 68/164 patients Control: 101/174 patients Reduction of 37 all-cause readmissions per 100 patients (95% CI, 21–53), P < 0.001 per year of observation for intervention group. Intervention: 126 all-cause readmissions Control: 199 all-cause readmissions Reduction of 19% (95% CI, 0.09–0.29), P < 0.001 in the rate of readmitted patients for HF in the intervention group Intervention: 39/164 patients readmitted for HF Control: 79/174 patients readmitted for HF	Death rates per observation year were: Intervention: 0.14 Control: 0.24 Difference in rate of death per observation year: 0.10 (95% CI: 0.02–0.18), P = 0.006 Intervention: 30/164 deaths at end of follow-up Control: 51/174 deaths at end of follow-up	220 of 257 surviving patients completed questionnaire Significantly higher improvement in intervention group (P = 0.01) Intervention: baseline score 51.6; 1 year score 28.9 Control: baseline score 51.9; 1 year score 35.5

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HF, heart failure; HRQOL health-related quality of life.

Source: Atienza et al, 2004 (59)