Key result
Higher cognitive function links to better self-care maintenance through HF knowledge and self-care confidence.
Why the study?
Impaired cognitive function in heart failure is associated with poor self-care, but few investigators have examined whether HF knowledge and self-care confidence mediate this relationship.
Do heart failure knowledge and self-care confidence mediate the association of cognitive function with self-care maintenance and management among patients with heart failure?
Cross-Sectional (n=164)
Do heart failure knowledge and self-care confidence mediate the association of cognitive function with self-care maintenance and management among patients with heart failure?
Effect estimate: indirect effect 0.54 (95% CI 0.10-1.02)
Heart failure knowledge and self-care confidence mediate the association between cognitive function and self-care behaviors, highlighting potential targets for intervention in patients with cognitive impairment.
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Supports HF knowledge and confidence as potential targets in cognitive impairment; leaves open causal effects and need for prospective trials.
Wu et al. (2023) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=164). Cognitive function was evaluated on Self-care maintenance mediated by heart failure knowledge (indirect effect 0.54, 95% CI 0.10-1.02). Cognitive function was indirectly associated with self-care maintenance through heart failure knowledge (indirect effect 0.54; 95% CI 0.10-1.02) and self-care confidence.
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