A meta-review of evidence on heart failure disease management programs: the challenges of describing and synthesizing evidence on complex interventions

Table 5 Components of interventions included and trial quality

Number of components
3-4	8/15	[23, 24, 27–29, 31, 32, 35]
> 4	3/15	[26, 30, 37]
Educational components	13/15	[23, 24, 26–35, 37]
Monitoring via home visits or phone	13/15	[23, 24, 26–32, 34–37]
Support at hospital discharge	10/15	[23, 24, 26, 28–32, 36, 37]
Medication review	9/15	[24, 26–28, 30–32, 35, 37]
Social support	5/15	[26, 27, 29, 30, 37]
Comparison Groups
No information	11/15	[23–26, 29–31, 33, 34, 36, 37]

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