Results
heart failure
HEART FAILURE
Two hundred twenty-one patients were evaluated for inclusion in the study using a medical record search. Among these, 133 were considered eligible, with 101 patients being approached and the others not because they did not have updated telephone contact. A total of 38 patients agreed to participate in the research and were randomized to intervention and control groups. Among 38 patients, 32 adhered to and completed the assessment protocols, 13 in the intervention group (I-CICCV=9 and I-INC=4) and 19 in the control group (C-CICCV=10 and C-INC=9). Figure 3 illustrates the selection and enrollment of patients.The sample was composed predominantly of males, self-declared brown race, NYHA II, having completed high school, and having heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. 
