Chronic heart failure: promoting quality of life

While, Alison; Kiek, Fiona

doi:10.12968/bjcn.2009.14.2.38760

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“…This finding supports previous findings, which also revealed a low level of self-care in HF patients. 12,13 Notably, the mean score for self-confidence was 39.7, which is much lower than the score of 85.8 obtained by Tung and colleagues 14 from another study in Taiwan. This might be due to participants being recruited from a rural area in Taiwan, while the previous study recruited participants from an urban area in Taipei, Taiwan.…”

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Self‐Management Intervention to Improve Self‐Care and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients

Tung

Lin

Chen

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Congestive Heart Failure

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Self-management intervention is a good method to improve self-care ability, as such, to promote quality of life. However, the research focused on self-management intervention in heart failure patients in Taiwan is very limited. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to test the effectiveness of self-management intervention in patients with heart failure in Taiwan and examine the relationship between self-care ability and quality of life. A quasi-experimental design was used in this study with convenience sampling. Of the 82 subjects participating in this study, 40 of them chose to join the experimental (self-management intervention plus usual care) and 42 of them chose to join control (usual care) group. Three questionnaires were used to collect the data, which were the demographic questionnaire, the self-care questionnaire (Self-Care of HF Index V 6), and the quality of life questionnaire (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire). To examine the effectiveness of the intervention, self-care ability and quality of life were measured, using a pretest, 1- and 2-month follow-up assessment. Generalized estimation equations (GEE) were used to compare changes over time among groups for outcomes to ensure the effectiveness of the intervention. This study confirmed the effectiveness of the self-management intervention. The clinical provider should increase the awareness of the importance of self-management skills and self-care ability especially for heart failure patients. The designated disease-specific self-management patient book and individualize intervention should be dispensing and implementing.

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“…Relative to these findings, previous research demonstrated that self-care among HF patients is considered low. 12,13 In Taiwan, Tung and colleagues 14 found a low level of self-care maintenance and management, although self-care confidence was adequate.…”

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Self‐Management Intervention to Improve Self‐Care and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients

Tung

Lin

Chen

et al. 2012

Congestive Heart Failure

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“…This loss of functions is associated with physical symptoms and the adverse effects of drugs, to comorbidities, loss of cognitive and role functions. Some studies suggest there is a strong association between physical dimension of the HRQOL and depression (7,24) . The results of the present study were similar to those found by other investigations, whose individuals presented higher scores in the physical dimension compared to the emotional one (7,12) .…”

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Qualidade de vida relacionada à Saúde em Idosos com Insuficiência cardíaca: avaliação com instrumento específico

2011

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Objective:To assess the quality of life in elderly patients with heart failure. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted in two university hospitals. Interviews were conducted with 170 elderly patients with heart failure in an outpatient setting. To assess the quality of life, the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire was used. Results: The results showed a minor impact of illness on the emotional dimension of quality of life. However, indicators related to the physical dimension, including fatigue and breathlessness, showed a greater impact on quality of life for elderly patients. The internal consistency of the instrument-specific to quality of life was high, indicating satisfactory reliability (α> 0.80). Conclusion: This study enabled the assessment of quality of life of elderly patients living with heart failure, demonstrating that the physical dimension was the most compromised. It is essential to implement strategies to improve physical functioning in these patients. Keywords: Elderly; Heart failure; Quality of life RESUMOObjetivo: Avaliar a qualidade de vida relacionada à Saúde em idosos com insuficiência cardíaca. Métodos: Estudo transversal realizado em dois hospitais universitários. Foram entrevistados 170 idosos com insuficiência cardíaca em seguimento ambulatorial. Para avaliar a qualidade de vida, foi utilizado o instrumento Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire. Resultados: Os resultados do estudo apontaram menor influência da doença sobre a dimensão emocional da qualidade de vida. Entretanto, as questões vinculadas à dimensão física, que avaliam fadiga e dispneia, apresentaram maior impacto na qualidade de vida dos idosos. A consistência interna do instrumento específico de qualidade de vida foi alta, indicando confiabilidade satisfatória (α >0,80). Conclusão: Este estudo possibilitou a avaliação da qualidade de vida dos idosos com insuficiência cardíaca e mostrou a dimensão física, como o aspecto mais comprometido. É essencial a implementação de estratégias que melhorem a função física desses pacientes. Descritores: Idoso; Insuficiência cardíaca; Qualidade de vida RESUMEN Objetivo: Evaluar la calidad de vida relacionada a la Salud en ancianos con insuficiencia cardíaca. Métodos: Estudio transversal realizado en dos hospitales universitarios. Fueron entrevistados 170 ancianos con insuficiencia cardíaca en seguimiento ambulatorio. Para evaluar la calidad de vida, fue utilizado el instrumento Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire. Resultados: Los resultados del estudio apuntaron menor influencia de la enfermedad sobre la dimensión emocional de la calidad de vida. Mientras que, las preguntas vinculadas a la dimensión física, que evalúan fatiga y disnea, presentaron mayor impacto en la calidad de vida de los ancianos. La consistencia interna del instrumento específico de calidad de vida fue alta, indicando confiabilidad satisfactoria (α >0,80). Conclusión: Este estudio permitió la evaluación de la calidad de vida de los ancianos con insuficiencia cardíaca y...

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“…All healthcare providers strive to improve the HRQoL of the people they serve. Improving HRQoL is particularly salient for nurses, given their holistic approach to providing patient care (Hacker 2009), because nurses can improve patients’ well‐being by promoting regular exercise and self‐care (While & Kiek 2009). Our study has revealed that quality‐of‐life physical component mean scores were higher for moderately active patients.…”

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Relationship between diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity, and health‐related quality of life in Gaziantep, a central south‐eastern city in Turkey

Uçan

Ovayolu

2010

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Chronic heart failure: promoting quality of life

Cited by 17 publications

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Self‐Management Intervention to Improve Self‐Care and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients

Self‐Management Intervention to Improve Self‐Care and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients

Qualidade de vida relacionada à Saúde em Idosos com Insuficiência cardíaca: avaliação com instrumento específico

Relationship between diabetes mellitus, hypertension and obesity, and health‐related quality of life in Gaziantep, a central south‐eastern city in Turkey

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