Table 2 Data collection
BASELINE | |
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Patients: Self-administered questionnaires (by mail) | |
Depression | Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item Subscale Depression (PHQ-9) [26–28]/Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [29, 30] – Subscale Depression (HADS-D)/PROMIS Depression Scale [31, 32] |
Anxiety | Patient Health Questionnaire 7-item Subscale Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) [33–35]/Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [29, 30] – subscale anxiety (HADS-A)/PROMIS Anxiety Scale [31, 32] |
Treatment of Anxiety and Depression | Medication intake/Utilization of psychotherapy or other therapies (e.g. music therapy, occupational therapy, relaxation training) |
Social support | Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS) [36]/ENRICHED Social Support Instrument (ESSI) [37] |
Stress | Patient Health Questionnaire - Subscale Stress (PHQ-D) [26, 38] |
Compliance | |
Quality of life | EQ-5D-5 L [42] |
Self-efficacy | General Self-efficacy Scale [43] |
Lifestyle | Salt restriction: Do you pay attention to your diet?/Fluid intake: How much do you drink daily?/Weight control: How often do you weigh yourself?/Vaccination: Did you receive a flu shot within the last year? Have you been vaccinated against pneumonia?/Alcohol intake: At occasions you drink alcohol, how much alcohol do you consume on average?/Smoking status and cigarette consumption: If you smoke occasionally or regularly: How much do you consume on average? |
Physical Activity/Capacity | How often do you engage in physical activity? Based on Verghese [44]/Self-rated physical capacity according to NYHA class |
Socio-economic status | Household income per capita |
Sociodemographic data | Gender/Age/Height/Weight/Type of insurance/Marital status/Status of living/ Nursing care/Employment status/ Education [45]/Migration status/ Citizenship |
Contact to the GP | Last contact/Frequency of contacts within the last 6 month/Years of being patient of the actual GP |
GPs: Telephone-interview with insight in the medical record | |
Validation of heart-failure diagnosis | Does the patient have heart failure?/Severity level according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) class/Ejection fraction |
Size of practice | Number of GPs in the practice/ Practice type (single practice/practice sharing/group practice)/Number of patients insured by the statutory health insurance per quarter/ Percentage of private patients |
Familiarity with the patient | Are you the regular GP of the patient?/How well do you know the patient? (Scale 1 to 10) |
Comorbidity | Charlson Comorbidity Index [46]/Which additional diseases does the patient have? |
Depression/Anxiety | Does the patient have any symptomatology of depression/anxiety? If yes, please specify/Had the patient any symptomatology of depression/anxiety in the past? |
Measures taken if depression/anxiety is recognized | What treatment have you prompted? |
Treatment of heart failure | What difficulties have you encountered when treating the heart failure in this patient? Have there been any reasons to deviate from the recommended pharmacological treatment? |
Sociodemographic data of the GP | Age/Gender/Years of practice/Speciality/Additional trainings |
12-MONTH FOLLOW-UP | |
Patients: Self-administered questionnaire (by mail) | |
All measures according to baseline; additional data: | |
Hospital admission within the last 12 month | Number of Hospital Admissions/Date of admission/Length of stay/Admission diagnosis/Emergency vs. pre-scheduled hospitalization |
Change of GP | Did you change your GP within the last 12 month? If yes: How many months ago did you change your GP? |
GP: Information from medical records (provided by phone) | |
Survival | Mortality within the last 12 month/Date of death/Course of death |
Hospital Admission | Number of Hospital Admissions/Date of Admission/Length of stay/Admission diagnosis/Emergency vs. pre-scheduled hospitalization/ |