The sliding context of health: the challenges faced by patients with heart failure from the perspective of patients, healthcare providers and family members

Abstract

Nurses, as the first line of health care, play an important role in identifying problems and supporting patients with heart failure. By acquiring knowledge and listening to the complaints of patients, interventions can be developed to improve their situation.

The Effectiveness of Personalized Nursing on Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…A total of 5 trails [ 2 , 3 , 6 , 8 , 12 ] reported the athletic ability as the related result of QOL, involving 598 patients (the intervention group included 355 patients and the control group included 243 patients). There was no heterogeneity ( I 2 = 0.0%, P =0.574), thus, fixed effects model was applied for data analysis.…”

“…A total of 6 trails [ 1 , 4 , 6 , 10 , 12 , 13 ] reported the education as another personalized care, involving 623 patients (the intervention group included 366 patients and the control group included 257 patients). No significant heterogeneity was observed ( I 2 = 49.5%, P =0.078); therefore, a fixed effects model was used.…”

“…As we know, treatment of CVDs play a key role in improving clinical outcomes, early physician follow-ups may reduce the risk of 30-day readmission for those with cardiovascular diseases [ 10 ]. However, due to the fact that heart failure is a chronic disease, the role of nurses had an meaningful effect on identification of problems and support of patients, dealing with the diagnosis, guiding their behavioral and lifestyle modifications for achieving more effective management, recurring, and even how to deal with death in the process of after-treatment [ 11 , 12 ]. At present, the role of nurses has often been underestimated and left unnoticed through research in chronic after hospital treatment.…”

A New Normality Illuminated by Past and Present! A Qualitative Study: Experiences and Challenges of Everyday Life in Patients With Advanced Heart or Lung Failure

“…For patients living with advanced heart or lung failure, receiving specialized, complicated treatments can be compared to being offered an overwhelming, unexpected gift. However, this gift may place enormous demands on the patient’s lifestyle since accepting the gift entails obeying follow strict guidelines for the rest of one’s life (Ivarsson et al, 2013; Mangolian Shahrbabaki et al, 2017). Studies show that self-management and educational programmers play a significant role in terms of improving quality of life in patients living with a chronic disease (Camus-García et al, 2021; Jonsdottir, 2013; Sindhu & JayaKumar, 2018), which aligns with our findings, which show that patients with advanced heart or lung failure have an inherent desire to pursue a high quality of life by adhering to medical guidelines.…”

“…The challenges include symptoms and issues that influence everyday life, combined with an overwhelming sense of feeling confined (Chang et al, 2016; Hutchinson et al, 2018). Patients must handle physical, mental, and social challenges while adhering to their medical treatment (Mangolian Shahrbabaki et al, 2017). Declining physical function and social participation leading to social isolation can cause concerns about health impairments in the future (Castelino et al, 2018).…”