Population
689 adults with heart failure, mean age 61 ± 2.5 years, 36% female, 50% NYHA class III.
Design
Cross-sectional
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Discussion
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Implication
Should not yet change HF self-care practice; hypothesis-generating for confidence-targeted interventions pending longitudinal validation.
Structured PICO
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Population
689 adults with heart failure, mean age 61 ± 2.5 years, 36% female, 50% NYHA class III.
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Outcome
Validation of novice-to-expert self-care typology and identification of determinants of heart failure self-care types using the Self-care of Heart Failure Indexpatient reported
Heart failure patients can be classified into novice, expert, and inconsistent self-care types, with physical activity status and self-care confidence being key determinants of their classification.
Cite This Study
Riegel et al. (2011) studied this question.