Social support predicts self-care confidence in patients with heart failure
Key result
Instrumental and emotional support predicted better self-care confidence, while assistance with self-care was positively associated with self-care maintenance in patients with heart failure.
Why the study?
Does social support predict self-care maintenance, management, and confidence in patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
280 patients with chronic heart failure
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
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Discussion
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Implication
May guide supportive care strategies in HF; hypothesis-generating for causal effects on self-care.
Study Design
Type
Observational (n=280)
Structured PICO
Does social support predict self-care maintenance, management, and confidence in patients with chronic heart failure?
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Population
280 patients with chronic heart failure
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Intervention
Social support (instrumental support, emotional support, and assistance with self-care)
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Outcome
Self-care maintenance, management, and confidence measured by self-report questionnaires at baseline, 3 months, and 6 monthspatient reported
Different types of social support, including instrumental and emotional support, are positively associated with improved self-care confidence, management, and maintenance in patients with chronic heart failure.
Cite This Study
Fivecoat et al. (2018) conducted an observational in chronic heart failure (n=280). Social support (instrumental, emotional, and assistance with self-care) was evaluated on Longitudinal course of self-care maintenance, management and confidence. Instrumental and emotional support predicted better self-care confidence, while assistance with self-care was positively associated with self-care maintenance in patients with heart failure.