What does this research mean for the field?

Illness representations and treatment beliefs explain nearly half of the variance in self-care performance among heart failure patients, with medication knowledge, perceived seriousness of consequences, and the lifestyle impact of medication acting as significant predictors. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

January 11, 2013European Journal of Cardiovascular NursingOpen Access

Relationships between illness representations, treatment beliefs and the performance of self-care in heart failure: a cross-sectional survey

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Why the study?

Do illness representations and treatment beliefs predict the performance of self-care in patients with heart failure?

Population

169 community patients with heart failure in South East England

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

JMJulie MacInnesKent State University

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Belief assessment may enhance HF self-care counseling; hypothesis-generating pending longitudinal confirmation.

Structured PICO

Do illness representations and treatment beliefs predict the performance of self-care in patients with heart failure?

Population

169 community patients with heart failure in South East England

Outcome

Relationships between illness representations, treatment beliefs and the performance of self-care (measured using IPQ-R, BMQ, and LAYHFQ)patient reported

Illness representations and treatment beliefs, particularly medication knowledge and perceived consequences, are significant predictors of self-care performance in heart failure patients.

Cite This Study

Julie MacInnes (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1b8aab376b1af6e80c7263 https://doi.org/10.1177/1474515112473872

Topics

Heart failure HFrEF treatment

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