characteristics, factors that may affect the way individuals live their lives [1, 6–8].
In this sense, the home environment has gained attention as a potential setting for the development of education strategies and followup of patients with HF, as well as for the investigation of the benefits of such strategies and their effect on self-care behaviors [9–11]. Jaarsma et al. [9], in one of the first published studies on the topic, tested in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) the effect of an education strategy on self-care initiated during hospitalization, followed by a tele- phone call and a home visit within 10 days after hospital dis- charge. In the intervention group, the results demonstrated