The Most and the Least Performed Self-Care Behaviors Among Patients With Heart Failure in Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loai Issa Tawalbeh ◽  
Ahmed Mohammad Al-Smadi ◽  
Mohammed AlBashtawy ◽  
Maen AlJezawi ◽  
Mohamad Jarrah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Low Salt ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
The Relationship

Assessing self-care is important aspects among patients with heart failure. However, few studies were conducted to assess self-care among patients with heart failure in Jordan. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the most and the least performed maintenance self-care behaviors and to examine the relationship between maintenance self-care behaviors and selected sociodemographics. A cross-sectional design utilizing a convenience sample of 226 patients with heart failure was used. The maintenance self-care mean was 53.89 and considered below the clinical target level (≥70). Asking for low salt item and performing physical exercises were the most performed self-care behaviors, while “trying to avoid getting sick” and “checking ankles for swelling” were the least performed self-care behaviors. Limited self-care behaviors indicated the need to implement cardiac education that may improve self-care behaviors. Cardiac education should target mainly patients with low income, low educational level, elderly, living alone, unemployed, and who are using traditional treatment.

The relationship between health literacy and self-care in patients with heart failure

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Katie Nesbitt ◽  
Huiyun Du ◽  
Paul Nolan ◽  
Susie Cartledge ◽  
Parichat Wonggom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Randomised Control Trial ◽  
Adequate Health Literacy ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Literacy Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

Background/Aims Research has shown that health literacy can influence an individual's ability to practise self-care, particularly for patients with heart failure. This study aimed to assess health literacy and its relationship with heart failure knowledge and self-care practices in this patient group. Methods An observational sub-study was conducted with the data from a large randomised control trial that evaluated the relationship between patients' health literacy, general literacy, knowledge of heart failure and self-care. Results A total of 36 participants were recruited, of which 33 (89.9%) had adequate levels of health literacy. Health literacy was positively associated with heart failure knowledge. However, 67.7% of participants with adequate health literacy were found to have inadequate levels of self-care management. Conclusions Health literacy may facilitate better heart failure knowledge, but it does not necessarily lead to improved self-care management in patients with heart failure. This suggest that clinicians need to put more emphasis on translating knowledge into behavioural changes for self-care in this patient group.

scholarly journals Race Moderates the Relationship Between Perceived Social Support and Self-care Confidence in Patients With Heart Failure

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakeshia Cousin ◽  
Andrew Bugajski ◽  
Harleah Buck ◽  
Terry Lennie ◽  
Misook Lee Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Psychosocial determinants of self-care behavior in outpatients with heart failure: A test of Penderʼs health promotion model

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Promotion Model ◽  
Psychosocial Determinants ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Care Behavior

Background: Patients with heart failure need to be engaged in adequate cardiac self-care behaviors helping to prevent the development of the disease and ameliorate their health status. However, the conceptual model of the present study has not been tested in previous studies among patients with heart failure. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the psychosocial determinants based on Pender’s health promotion model (HPM) affecting self-care behavior among outpatients suffering from heart failure. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a total of 200 patients suffering from heart failure were selected from the outpatient clinics of Tabriz, Iran, using convenience sampling and assessed for self-self-care behaviors and major concepts of HPM via self-administered questionnaires. Path analysis was used in order to analyze the conceptual model Results: The present hypothetical model showed a good fit. Perceived benefits and activity-related effects directly affected self-care behaviors. Bootstrapping mediation analyses indicated that perceived self-efficacy, perceived barriers, perceived benefits, and activity-related effects indirectly affected self-care behaviors through commitment to action. Conclusions: The commitment to action can help to promote self-care behaviors among the subjects suffering from heart failure. The interventions should take the role of predictive variables of this study and commitment to action into account in these patients.

scholarly journals Mediation effect of depressive symptoms in the relationship between perceived control and wellbeing in patients with heart failure and their partners

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 527-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Liljeroos ◽  
Anna Strömberg ◽  
Kristofer Årestedt ◽  
Misook L Chung
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Heart Failure ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Perceived Control ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
The Relationship

Background: As treatment has improved, patients with heart failure live longer, and the care mostly takes place at home with partners providing the main assistance. Perceived control over heart failure is important in managing self-care activities to maintain health in patients and their family. Depressive symptoms are associated with impaired health status in patients with heart failure and their family. However, there is limited knowledge about how depressive symptoms affect the relationship between health status and perceived control over heart failure in patients with heart failure and their cohabiting partners. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine whether the relationship between perceived control and health status (i.e. mental and physical) was mediated by depressive symptoms in patients with heart failure and their partners. Methods: In this secondary data analysis, we included 132 heart failure patients and 132 partners who completed measures of depressive symptoms (the Beck depression inventory II), perceived control (the control attitude scale), and physical and mental health status (the short form-36) instruments. The mediation effect of depression was examined using a series of multiple regression in patients and their family caregivers separately. Results: We found a mediator effect of depressive symptoms in the relationship between perceived control and mental health status in both patients and partners. The relationship between perceived control and physical health status was mediated by depressive symptoms in the patients, not in the partners. Conclusion: Efforts to improve self-care management and maintenance by targeting perceived control may be more effective if depressive symptoms are also effectively managed.

Evaluation of self care behaviours, medication and dietary compliance of patients with heart failure

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
Sengul Akdeniz
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Medication Compliance ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dietary Compliance ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Moderate Relationship ◽  
Care Behavior

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the self-care behaviors, dietary and medication compliance of patients with heart failure.The study was conducted as a cross-sectional sampling study between April and August 2016. After identifying the clinical diagnosis and treatment, 120 patients who were diagnosed with HF were included in the study. Data were obtained by using personal information form, Turkish versions of the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale (EHFScBS), Beliefs about Medication Compliance Scale and Beliefs about Dietary Compliance Scale   for patients with HF. The mean score on EHFSc BS was found to be 31.20± 8.05. Benefit and barrier subscale mean scores were found to be 26.11 ± 4.23 and 13.09 ± 3.5 for dietary compliance and 20.44 ± 2.7 and 22.36 ± 3.8 for medication compliance, respectively. According to the results of the study ıt was found that there was a moderate relationship between self-care behaviors and dietary compliance (r=0,538,p<0,05) benefits and medication compliance (r=0,420, p<0,05 )  benefits.  Keywords: The European Heart Failure self care scale; medication compliance; dietary compliance; heart failure.   

scholarly journals Gambaran karakteristik gagal jantung pada anak di RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado

e-CliniC ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes A. Anthonius ◽  
Erling D. Kaunang ◽  
Ari L. Runtunuwu
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Health Department ◽  
The Body ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Characteristic Features ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Abstract: Heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump adequate blood that fulfils the metabolic demands of the body, including growth. In Indonesia, it is still difficult to find the prevalence and incidence of heart failure in children. This study was aimed to determine the characteristic features of heart failure in children at Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital Manado. This was a retrospective descriptive study with a cross-sectional design. Data were obtained from the medical records of pediatric patients with heart failure within the period of January 2013 to August 2016 in the Child Health Department at Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital. The results showed that there were 69 children with heart failure; the most common were females and age 12-18 years. The most common signs and symptoms were shortness of breath, fever, and cough. Heart murmurs and gallop were frequently found. Hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, ascites and edema of the legs were not commonly found. The electrocardiogram results were mostly sinus rhythm. The echocardiography results were mostly mitral regurgitation. The most common comorbid disease was rheumatic heart disease. Conclusion: At Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital, heart failure in children was mostly found among females and age of 12-18 years. Most of the children showed shortness of breath, fever, and cough.Keywords: heart failure, child, characteristic features Abstrak: Gagal jantung merupakan ketidakmampuan jantung sebagai pompa darah untuk memenuhi secara adekuat kebutuhan metabolisme tubuh termasuk pertumbuhan. Di Indonesia sendiri masih sulit menemukan data prevalensi dan insiden gagal jantung pada anak. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui gambaran karakteristik gagal jantung pada anak di RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado. Jenis penelitian ialah deksriptif retrospektif dengan desain potong lintang. Data penelitian diambil dari rekam medik pasien anak dengan gagal jantung periode Januari 2013 sampai Agustus 2016 di Bagian Ilmu Kesehatan Anak RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan 69 anak, terbanyak pada usia 12-18 tahun dan jenis kelamin perempuan. Tanda dan gejala terbanyak ialah sesak napas, demam, dan batuk. Bising jantung dan galop banyak ditemukan. Hepatomegali, splenomegali, ascites dan edema tungkai tidak banyak ditemukan. Hasil elektrokardiogram terbanyak ditemukan ialah irama sinus. Hasil ekokardiografi terbanyak ditemukan ialah regurgitasi mitral. Penyakit penyerta terbanyak ialah penyakit jantung rematik. Simpulan: Gagal jantung anak di RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado terbanyak pada usia 12-18 tahun, jenis kelamin perempuan, dengan gejala klinik sesak napas, demam, dan batuk. Kata kunci: gagal jantung, anak, gambaran karakteristik

scholarly journals Burnout Syndrome In The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Virtualization Of Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 4750-4761
Author(s):  
Bellanire Ospina Orejarena, Carmen Rosa Mosquera Murillo, Judith Soledad Yangali Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Sequential Design ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Mixed Approach ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Qualitative Phase

The aim of the research is to determine the relationship between Burnout Syndrome in the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic and the virtualization of education in Colombian official school teachers during the year 2020. The study responds to the mixed approach and sequential design. In its quantitative phase it was deductive-hypothetical, applied, with a non-experimental cross-sectional design, and in its qualitative phase it was inductive, applied with a phenomenological-hermeneutic design. The data collection techniques used were the survey and the interview. The study population consisted of 1093 teachers from official schools in Floridablanca. For the quantitative approach, a non-probabilistic accidental sample of 110 teachers was used, and for the qualitative approach, a non-probabilistic convenience sample of 10 teachers was used. Among the final considerations it can be said that there is an inverse mean correlation between Burnout syndrome and the virtualization of education in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic; it is therefore considered that the effects of the pandemic have maximized the effects of the aforementioned syndrome on educational actors.

scholarly journals The types of comorbidities are associated with self-care of heart failure, but not the number of comorbidities

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
KS Lee ◽  
DK Moser ◽  
K Dracup
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Comorbid Conditions ◽  
Funding Sources ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Comorbidity Index ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Rural Patients ◽  
Care Behavior

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Other. Main funding source(s): RO1HL083176 Improving Self-Care Behavior and Outcomes in Rural Patients with Heart Failure Background/Introduction: Patients with heart failure (HF) experience cardiac and non-cardiac related comorbid conditions. Such comorbidities create challenges to successful engagement in self-care of HF because patients are asked to simultaneously perform a variety of recommended self-care activities for HF and their comorbid conditions. It is possible that patients with a greater number of comorbid conditions experience more difficulty performing activities of HF self-care compared to those with a smaller number of comorbid conditions. However, it is also possible that types of comorbid conditions are more important factors influencing self-care of HF. Purpose To explore whether self-care of HF is associated with the number of comorbid conditions or types of comorbid conditions. Methods A total of 589 patients with HF (66 years, 41% female, 65% NYHA III/IV) were included in this study. The number of comorbid conditions was measured using the list of the conditions in the Charlson Comorbidity Index. Types of comorbidities were defined as follows: concordant conditions, sharing overall pathophysiologic risk profiles with HF, and discordant conditions, not being directly related to HF. Patients were categorized into 4 groups: HF patients without comorbidities; those with concordant conditions; those with discordant conditions; and those with both concordant and discordant conditions. Self-care was measured with the European HF self-care behavior scale. A multivariate linear regression was performed to explore the relationship of HF self-care with the number and types of comorbid conditions after adjusting for relevant covariates. Results The number of comorbid conditions was not associated with self-care of HF. However, the types of comorbid conditions were related to self-care of HF after controlling for covariates. Compared to HF patients without comorbidities, patients with both concordant and discordant conditions were more likely to have poorer self-care (β=0.155, 95% CI 0.29-4.09). However, levels of self-care in patients having either concordant or discordant conditions were not different from levels in patients having no comorbid conditions. Conclusion: Patients’ adherence to HF self-care was associated with the types of comorbidities, but not the simple count of comorbidities. Patients who had both concordant and discordant conditions were more likely to perform poor self-care of HF compared to those who had either concordant or discordant conditions or no comorbid conditions. It appears that HF patients with both concordant and discordant conditions experience difficulty integrating HF self-care in relation to a variety of conditions.

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