What are the information and support needs to be considered when communicating a diagnosis and consequent prognosis, to people with heart failure, their families and carers?
This review aimed to identify the key factors that need to be communicated about the diagnosis of heart failure to patients and their carers, the information needed about the disease and the support required to allow care to be optimised. The aim of this review is to identify the information and support needs of people with heart failure, their families and carers, when healthcare professionals are communicating a diagnosis and prognosis. This includes any description of support and information needs of patients, families or carers relating to communication of a diagnosis or the prognosis of heart failure, as provided by patients, families, carers or healthcare staff.