A nurse-facilitated cognitive behavioural self-management programme for heart failure is no more cost effective than usual CBT care

Using nurses to facilitate a cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) based self-management intervention for heart failure patients is no more cost-effective than a CBT manual alone.

CBT self-management for heart failure patients may be more effectively delivered as part of collaborative care but this needs to be confirmed in future trials.

Website: http://www.arjonline.org/medicine-and-health-care/american-research-journal-of-nursing/