Effect of patient‐centered transitional care services on patient‐reported outcomes in heart failure: sex‐specific analysis of the PACT‐HF randomized controlled trial

Aims We assessed the effect of transitional care on patient‐reported outcomes (PROs) in women and men hospitalized for heart failure. Methods and results In this sex‐specific analysis of a stepped wedge cluster randomized trial in Canada, the effect of a patient‐centered transitional care model was tested on pre‐specified PROs of discharge preparedness (B‐PREPARED score, range 0–22), quality of transition [Care Transitions Measure‐3 (CTM‐3) score, range 0–100], and health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) (EQ‐5D‐5L, range 0–1). Among 986 patients (47.4% women), B‐PREPARED at 6 weeks was greater with the intervention than usual care [mean difference (MD) 4.01 (95% confidence interval‐CI 2.90–5.12); P