Key result
Patients with heart failure were twice as likely to use their own management strategies, including electronic platforms, rather than existing resources.
Why the study?
What are the preferred self-care strategies and barriers to self-care in patients with heart failure?
Observational (n=31)
What are the preferred self-care strategies and barriers to self-care in patients with heart failure?
Effect estimate: twice as likely
Heart failure patients prefer using their own management strategies, including electronic platforms, over existing resources, highlighting the need to address barriers like education and polypharmacy.
Should not yet change HF self-care practice; extends qualitative understanding of patient strategies and barriers.
Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, requiring collaborative patient-centred care. Patient engagement is fundamental to long-term management; patient-reported outcome measures are an increasingly recognised method of assessing medical interventions. A qualitative study of 31 patients with HF found they were twice as likely to use their own management strategies including electronic platforms rather than existing resources. Barriers to self-care included patient education, timely recognition of signs and symptoms of HF with an appropriate escalation plan, non-adherence and polypharmacy.
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Segan et al. (2018) conducted an observational in Heart failure (n=31). Own management strategies including electronic platforms vs. Existing resources was evaluated on Use of management strategies (twice as likely). Patients with heart failure were twice as likely to use their own management strategies, including electronic platforms, rather than existing resources.
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