TY - JOUR T1 - A telephone intervention reduced combined all cause mortality or admission for worsening heart failure in chronic heart failure JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 55 LP - 55 DO - 10.1136/ebn.9.2.55 VL - 9 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2006/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/9/2/55.abstract N2 - GESICA Investigators. Randomised trial of telephone intervention in chronic heart failure: DIAL trial. BMJ 2005;331:425.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text Q In patients with chronic heart failure (HF), does a centralised telephone intervention by nurses reduce combined all cause mortality or admission for worsening HF?Design:randomised controlled trial (DIAL study).Allocation:concealed.Blinding:blinded (outcome adjudicators).Follow up period:mean 16 months.Setting:51 centres (public and private hospitals and ambulatory settings) in Argentina.Patients:1518 outpatients (mean age 65 y, 71% men) ⩾18 years of age, who had stable HF diagnosed ⩾3 months previously, no admissions in the past 2 months, and drug treatment that was not modified for ⩾2 months. Exclusion criteria included need for >1 medical visit per month; HF related to diseases other than ischaemic heart disease; reversible cardiomyopathy; recent myocardial infarction, unstable angina, cardiac … ER -