May 12, 2014Journal of Nursing Research

A Correlational Study of Illness Knowledge, Self-Care Behaviors, and Quality of Life in Elderly Patients With Heart Failure

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Population

141 elderly patients with heart failure from an outpatient department of a teaching hospital in Taiwan…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MLMin‐Hui LiuMemorial Hospital of South Bend CWChao‐Hung WangHeart Failure & Transplant YHYu-Yen HuangKaohsiung Medical University

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Implication

Does not support practice change in elderly HF; leaves open whether illness knowledge causally improves self-care or QoL.

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Population

141 elderly patients (aged ≥65 years) with heart failure (ICD code 4280 or 4289) from an outpatient department of a teaching hospital in Taiwan. Excluded if bedridden or prognosis <6 months. 51.8% men, 49.6% >71 years old, 61.0% NYHA class II, average LVEF 41.1%.

Outcome

Correlations among illness knowledge, self-care behaviors, and quality of lifepatient reported

In elderly patients with heart failure, better illness knowledge is significantly correlated with improved self-care behaviors and quality of life.

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Liu et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70573675498292b709c45c https://doi.org/10.1097/jnr.0000000000000024

Topics

Heart failure HFrEF treatment Heart failure hospitalization

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