Self-care behaviors in patients with systolic heart failure
| Author | Sharareh Zeighami Mohammadi | en |
| Author | Fatemeh Alhani | en |
| Author | Manijeh Shakoor | en |
| Author | Parvin Farmani | en |
| Author | Farzad Fahidi | en |
| Author | Behnam Mohseni | en |
| Author | Ebrahim Fallah Taherpazir | en |
| Orcid | Sharareh Zeighami Mohammadi [0000-0002-8738-9551] | en |
| Orcid | Fatemeh Alhani [0000-0003-3131-8778] | en |
| Issued Date | 2015-03-31 | en |
| Abstract | Background and Purpose: To improve life quality, and lower mortality and rehospitalization for heart failure patients,awareness and adherence to self-care behaviors are essential. This study aims to determine the adherence level to self -carebehaviors in the patients with systolic heart failure hospitalized in Alborz hospital in Karaj andShahriar hospital, and it wasconducted in 2013.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 100 patients with at least one year experience of developing heart failure and ejectionfraction below 40% were studied. They were admitted to Alborz Social Security hospital of Karaj and the Social Security HospitalShahriar during 2012-2013. They were selected through convenience sampling. Demographic data and European Heart Failure SelfcareBehavior questionnaires were completed through interviews. Data analysis has been done using SPSS, V.18 and independentt-test and ANOVA.Results: 84% of the subjects had moderate and 10% had poor adherence to self-care. The best adherence to self-care behaviors wasrelated to the drug and diet regimen and the poorest to the daily weight control and exercise. There was a significant relationshipbetween self-care behaviors and age (p=0.011), marital status (p=0.008), the number of chronic diseases (p=0.048), hypertension(p=0.038), chronic pulmonary obstruction (p=0.029), renal disease (p=0.017) and severity of the disease (p=0.032).Conclusion: Adherence to self-care behaviors in heart failure patients is not appropriate. Training and following up self-carebehaviors should focus on the specific problems of aging, social support, diet and drug regimens simplification and its relation withother chronic diseases. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.7508/jnms.2015.01.007 | en |
| Keyword | Heart failure | en |
| Keyword | Self-care | en |
| Keyword | Drug and diet adherence | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Self-care behaviors in patients with systolic heart failure | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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