Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Spring 2020
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Nutrition
Committee Chair
Dana Ogan
Second Committee Member
Tim Englund
Third Committee Member
Megan Hodges
Abstract
The purpose of this pilot project was to examine descriptive statistics from patients who participated in heart failure (HF) shared medical appointments (SMAs) at a mid-sized heart center in the Northwest, in which nutrition education was provided by an RD. Information collected included blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), weight, scores from the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure (MLHF) Survey, and the Atlanta Heart Failure Knowledge (AHFK) questionnaire. Due to small sample size and lack of control group, simple descriptive statistics, such as mean and median were used to examine the data. Three of the participants were female and 4 were male. Five patients in this group had a diagnosis of HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and two patients had a diagnosis of HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Average weights of the participants ranged from 171.4 lbs to 339.6lbs. Quality of life (QOL) for this group of patients was diverse, average MLHF scores ranging from 0.4-78.3. The 3 lowest scores on the MLHF questionnaire and the 3 lowest average HRs were observed in the 3 patients (21, 22 & 32) who had the lowest recorded weights in the group (200lbs.
Recommended Citation
Hugo, Hannah, "A Pilot Study: Observations of Patients Participating in Heart Failure Shared Medical Appointments while Receiveing Nutrition Education" (2020). All Master's Theses. 1379.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1379