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Feasibility of including patients with migration background in a structured heart failure management programme: A prospective case-control study exemplarily on Turkish migrants

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  • Roman Pfister
  • Peter Ihle
  • Birgit Mews
  • Elisabeth Kohnen
  • Marcus Wähner
  • Ute Karbach
  • Hasan Aslan
  • Hans-Wilhelm Höpp
  • Christian Alfons Schneider

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Aims: Structured management programmes deliver optimized care in heart failure patients and improve outcome. We examined the feasibility of including patients with migration background speaking little or no German in a heart failure management programme. Methods and results: After adaption of script material and staff to Turkish language we aimed to recruit 300 Turkish and 300 German (control group) patients within 18 months using the operational basis of a local heart failure management programme for screening, contact and inclusion. Conclusion: The inclusion of Turkish minority patients into a heart failure management programme is feasible with higher consent rate than in Germans. However, effort is high due to inherent logistic adaptions and barriers in identification and contacting of patients. Trial registration: DRKS00007780

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  • Roman Pfister & Peter Ihle & Birgit Mews & Elisabeth Kohnen & Marcus Wähner & Ute Karbach & Hasan Aslan & Hans-Wilhelm Höpp & Christian Alfons Schneider, 2017. "Feasibility of including patients with migration background in a structured heart failure management programme: A prospective case-control study exemplarily on Turkish migrants," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(11), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0187358
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187358
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