ArticleInnovation in aging2025
Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of the Taking Care of Us Intervention for Couples Living With Heart Failure.
Article in Innovation in aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04737759 (Taking Care of Us), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Taking Care of Us: A Dyadic Intervention for Heart Failure
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1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Personalizing Care for Informal Heart Failure Caregivers: Challenges and Practical Implications.Current heart failure reports · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background and Objectives: Despite the significant impact of heart failure on both members of the care dyad, few interventions focus on optimizing the health of the dyad. The current study examined the feasibility and acceptability of the novel Taking Care of Us (TCU) program with mid-late-life couples living with heart failure and explored preliminary efficacy. Research Design and Methods: This NIH Stage I study used a 2-arm randomized controlled trial with pretest-post-test design and an additional 5-month follow-up to compare TCU with an educational counseling attention-control condition. 37 couples were randomized to TCU (18 couples) or an educational control group (19 couples). Both programs were delivered virtually over 2 months. Results: Adults with heart failure were primarily male (mean age = 66.32, standard deviation [ Discussion and Implications: Findings suggest the TCU program is acceptable to couples with heart failure and shows promise for optimizing outcomes. Recommendations and strategies for improving retention and a more diverse sample are discussed. Clinical Trial Registration: NCT04737759.
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