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Aim
To evaluate the effectiveness of education using avatars for improving patients’ heart failure knowledge and self‐care.
Background
A lack of knowledge and self‐care contributes to poor outcomes and rehospitalization for people with heart failure.
Design
A multi‐centred, non‐blinded pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
Methods
Heart failure patients were randomly assigned to intervention...
Aim
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an avatar‐based education application for improving knowledge and self‐care behaviour in patients with heart failure (HF).
Background
Avatar‐based technologies for supporting education are an innovative approach for patients with low literacy, low health literacy and English as a second language. The use of avatar technologies for patient...
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