Table 1.

Data collection instruments administered at discharge, at home or at the outpatient clinic.

Data collection instruments		Discharge		Home for 30 days		Outpatient clinic
Symptom diary
	Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-Heart Failure		—a		xb		—
	Lung impedance		—		x		—
	Medication on demand		—		x		—
Questionnaire
	European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale		x		—		x
Clinical examination		x		—		x

^aNot applicable.

^bThe x indicates the time and place of data collection.