Table 1 Assessment measures at baseline and post-intervention evaluations

Physical functioning

 Physical examination (BP/HR/RR/weight/NYHA class, BNP)

X

X

X

 Echocardiogram

X

X

 ‘Up and Go’ test

X

X

X

 Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (TIADL)

X

X

X

 Unplanned readmission/survival

X

X

Self-care

 Heart-FaST

X

X

 Patient engagement in self-care: (SCHFI and four consulting items from the EHFScBS)

X

X

X

 Nurses and carer assessment of patient engagement in self-care

X

X

X

 Review of patient symptom monitoring diary and how they perform self-care maintenance behaviours

X

X

 Control Attitudes Scale - Revised (CAS-R)

X

X

X

Psychosocial functioning

 Quality of life (SF-12)^a

X

X

X

 Dyadic HF care typology

X

 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)^a

X

X

X

Cognitive functioning for HF patients

 Cognitive screen (MoCA)^a

X

X

X

 Assessment of PM (MIST, brief version of Virtual Week and naturalistic task)^a

X

X

X

 Working memory, executive functioning, verbal memory (CogState, N-Back, Trail Making Test)^a

X

X

X

 Premorbid intelligence (NART)^a

X

Caregiver

 Health screening questionnaire

X

 Caregiver (or next of kin) Contribution to Self-Care (CC-SCHFI)

X

X

X

 Control Attitudes Scale - Revised (CAS-R)

X

X

X

 Dyadic HF care typology

X

 Quality of life (SF-12)^a

X

X

X

 Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI)

X

X

X

 Proxy - IADL

X

X

X