Table 1. Electronic Searches.

Database	Search Strategy
Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL/ CCTR) and DARE	HEART-FAILURE-CONGESTIVE*:ME (HEART near FAILURE) (CARDIAC near FAILURE) ((#1 or #2) or #3) PATIENT-CARE-MANAGEMENT*:ME HOME-CARE-SERVICES*:ME (PATIENT near CARE) (HOME near INTERVENTION) (HOME near CARE) REHABILITAT* (SECONDARY near PREVENT*) NURS* MULTIDISCIPLIN* EXERCISE PHYSICAL-FITNESS*:ME EXERCISE-THERAPY*:ME (PHYSICAL near ACTIVITY) (PHYSICAL near TRAIN*) (PHYSICAL near FIT*) (STRENGTH near TRAIN*) (AEROBIC near TRAIN*) (RESISTANCE near TRAIN*) (((((((((#5 or #6) or #7) or #8) or #9) or #10) or #11) or #12) or#13) or #14) (((((((#15 or #16) or #17) or #18) or #19) or #20) or #21) or # 22) (#23 or #24) (#4 and #25)
MEDLINE	exp heart failure/ (heart adj6 failure).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (cardiac adj6 failure).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] 1 or 2 or 3 exp patient care management/ exp home care services/ (patient adj6 care).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (delivery adj6 care).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (manag$ adj6 care).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (home adj6 intervention).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ ec number word, mesh subject heading] (home adj6 care).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] homecare.tw. rehabilitat$.tw. exp rehabilitation/ (secondary adj6 prevent$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] nur$.tw. multidisciplin$.tw. (home adj6 visit).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (home adj6 assess$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] exp primary care/ (patient$ adj6 management).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (discharge adj6 plan$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] exp patient care planning/ exp patient care team/ exp house calls/ exercise.tw. exp physical fitness/ exp exercise therapy/ (physical adj6 activity).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (physical adj6 train$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (physical adj6 fit$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (strength adj6 train$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (aerobic adj6 train$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (resistance adj6 train$).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ ec number word, mesh subject heading] 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21or 22 or 23 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 4 and 35 limit 36 to yr=2001-2003 Heart failure, congestive/ or “heart failure”.mp. (heart adj failure).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] (cardiac adj failure).mp. [mp=title, abstract, cas registry/ec number word, mesh subject heading] 38 or 39 or 40 exp patient care/ or “patient care”.mp. Case management/ or Patient care management/ (patient adj6 care).mp. (delivery adj6 care).mp. (manag$ adj6 care).mp. (home adj intervention).mp. (home adj care).mp. Home care services/ or “homecare”.mp. “##‘Rehabil$’.mp.##”/ or Rehabilitation/ or “rehabil$”.mp. (seconary adj prevent$).mp. “##‘Nurs$’.mp.##”/ or Nursing/ or “nurs$”.mp. Patient care team/ or “multidisciplinary”.mp. (home adj visit$).mp. (home adj assess$).mp. (primary adj care).mp. (patient adj management).mp. (discharge adj plan$).mp. Patient care planning/ or “patient-care-planning”.mp. Patient care team/ or “patient-care-team”.mp. House calls/ or “house-calls”.mp. Exercise/ or “exercise”.mp. Physical fitness/ or “physical-fitness”.mp. Exercise therapy/ or “exercise-therapy”.mp. (physical adj activity).mp. (physical adj train$).mp. (physical adj fit$).mp. (strength adj train$).mp. (aerobic adj train$).mp. (resistance adj train$).mp. 42 or 43 or 44 or 45 or 46 or 47 or 48 or 49 or 50 or 51 or 52 or 53 or 54 or 55 or 56 or 57 or 58 or 59 or 60 or 61 or 62 or 63 or 64 or 65 or 66 or 67 or 68 or 69 or 70 41 and 71 limit 72 to yr=2001-2003 37 or 73
EMBASE	“Congestive heart failure/ or “congestive heart failure”.mp. “Heart failure/ or “heart failure”.mp. “Heart failure/ or “cardiac failure”.mp. “1 and 2 and 3 ”“PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT”.mp. ““HOME CARE SERVICES”.mp. “Patient care/ or “patient care”.mp. ““DELIVERY CARE”.mp. ““HOME INTERVENTION”.mp. “Home care/ or “home care”.mp. ““HOMECARE”.mp. “Rehabilitation/ or “rehabilitation”.mp. “Secondary prevention/ or “secondary prevention”.mp. ““##‘Nurs#’.mp.##”/ “Nursing/ or “nursing”.mp. ““MULTI DISCIPLINARY”.mp. ““HOME VISIT”.mp. ““HOME ASSESSMENT”.mp. “Primary medical care/ or “primary care”.mp. ““PATIENT MANAGEMENT”.mp. ““DISCHARGE PLANNING”.mp. ““PATIENT CARE PLANNING”.mp. ““PATIENT CARE TEAM”.mp. ““HOUSE CALLS”.mp. “Exercise/ or “exercise”.mp. ““PHYSICAL FITNESS”.mp. ““EXERCISE THERAPY”.mp. “Physical activity/ or “physical activity”.mp. ““PHYSICAL TRAINING”.mp. ““STRENGTH TRAINING”.mp. ““AEROBIC TRAINING”.mp. ““RESISTANCE TRAINING”.mp. “5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 “1 or 2 or 3 “33 and 34 “from 35 keep 1-8 “from 35 keep 1-501
CINAHL	1)(congestive adj heart adj failure).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 2)(heart adj failure).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 3)(heart adj failure).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 4)(cardiac adj failure).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 5)1 or 2 or 4 6)(patient adj care adj management).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 7)(home adj care adj services).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 8)(patient adj care).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 9)(delivery adj care).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 10)(manag? adj care).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 11)(home adj intervention).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 12)(home adj care).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 13)homecare.mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 14)rehabilitat#.mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 15)(secondary adj prevent#).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 16)(secondary adj prevent?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 17)nurs?.mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 18)multidisciplin?.mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 19)(home adj visit?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 20)(home adj assess?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 21)(primary adj care).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 22)(patient? adj management).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 23)discharge near plan?.mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 24)(patient adj care adj planning?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 25)(patien adj care adj planning).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 26)(patientadj care adj team?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 27)(house adj calls?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 28)exercise.mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 29)(physical adj fitness?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 30)(exercise adj therapy?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 31)(physical adj activity).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 32)(physical adj train?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 33)(physical adj fit?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 34)(strength adj train?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 35)(aerobic adj train?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 36)(resistance adj train?).mp. [mp=title, cinahl subject heading, abstract, instrumentation] 37)6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22 or 24 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 36 38)5 and 37
AMED	heart-failure-congestive.mp. [mp=abstract, headingwords, title] heart near failure.mp. [mp=abstract, heading words, title] (cardiac or cardio$).tw. 1 or 3 patient-care-management.mp. [mp=abstract, heading words, title] home-care-services.mp. [mp=abstract, heading words, title] intervention.mp. [mp=abstract, heading words, title] prevention.mp. [mp=abstract, heading words, title] 4 and 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 4 and 5 4 and 6 4 and 7 4 and 8 10 and 11 and 12 and 13 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 from 15 keep 1-200
CVD Trials Register at McMaster	(Title = “heart failure” or “cardiac failure” OR Keywords = “heart failure” or “cardiac failure” OR #43 = “heart failure” or “cardiac failure” ) AND (Title = home* OR care* OR plan* or manag* OR Keywords = home* OR care* OR plan* OR manag* OR #43 = home* OR care* OR plan* or manag*)
Science Citation Index Expanded	Forward search for papers citing the following references: Weinberger 1996; Stewart 1998a; Rich 1995.
SIGLE	Search History * #4 #1 or #2 or #3 (87 records) #3 cardiac near failure (13 records) #2 heart near failure (80 records) #1 heart failure (79 records)