A 30 min session with an
outpatient after a clinical examination was carried out
each month. The six sessions consisted of the following:
an introduction on “How to adjust to CHF” and “How
to quit smoking” (if applicable), “A letter to the family”,
“A reduced sodium and fluid diet and how to stop
drinking (alcohol)”, “Self-management”, “Medicine
administration-monitoring”, “Activities and exercises”,
and “How to control one’s emotions”.