Heart Failure Symptom Knowledge Improves Heart Failure Self-Care in Rural Patients with Heart Failure

Self-care behaviors in patients with systolic heart failure

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-care behaviors in the patients with systolic heart failure hospitalized in Alborz hospital in Karaj andShahriar hospital, and it was conducted in 2013. Methods...

Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎

Introduction: Heart failure is considered to be one of the most common chronic diseases in the ‎world which puts high expenses on health care systems. In order to control heart failure there are a ‎lot of ways self care is one of them.  ‎ Objective: This survey has been conducted with the aim of studying self-care behaviors and related ‎factors in patients with CHF. &...

Relationship Between Health-Promoting Lifestyle and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients With Heart Failure

Background: Healthy lifestyle is the mainstay of improving people’s health. Also, self-care helps increase the quality of life and maintaining independence. This study aimed to determine the relationship between health-promoting lifestyle and self-care behaviors in patients with heart failure. Methods: In this predictive correlational study, a total of 200 patients with heart failure were sele...

investigating self-care behavior in patients with heart failure

Family-Centered Education and Self-care Behaviors of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Background: As for high prevalence and incidence of heart failure, it can impose huge health, economic, and social burden on society. Education and self-care are important aspects of management in patients with heart failure, which can control the disease complications. This study aimed to investigate the effect of family-centered education approach on self-care behaviors of the patients wi...