March 3, 2016The Journal of Cardiovascular NursingOpen Access

Patterns of Self-care in Adults With Heart Failure and Their Associations With Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics, Quality of Life, and Hospitalizations

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Population

1192 adults with heart failure across Italy, mean age 72.4 years, 58% men.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

EVErcole VelloneHeart Failure & Transplant RFRoberta FidaAston University VGValerio GhezziSapienza University of Rome

Discussion

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Implication

May support tailored HF self-care counseling; leaves open whether cluster assignment improves outcomes prospectively.

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Population

1192 adults with heart failure across Italy, mean age 72.4 years, 58% men.

Outcome

Clusters of heart failure patients in relation to self-care behaviors based on the European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale factor scores, and their associations with sociodemographics, clinical variables, quality of life, and hospitalizationspatient reported

Heart failure patients can be grouped into four distinct self-care clusters that correlate with sociodemographic factors, quality of life, and hospitalization rates, suggesting a need for tailored interventions.

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Vellone et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f53fb2e0fbb6efbd203b5a https://doi.org/10.1097/jcn.0000000000000325

Topics

Heart failure HFrEF treatment Heart failure hospitalization

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Patterns of Self-care in Adults With Heart Failure and Their Associations With Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics, Quality of Life, and Hospitalizations

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Topics

Patterns of Self-care in Adults With Heart Failure and Their Associations With Sociodemographic and Clinical Characteristics, Quality of Life, and Hospitalizations

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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