Key Points
- To examine health patterns, information needs, and self-management adjustment processes among overseas-born individuals living with chronic heart failure.
- Conducted an exploratory, observational study in Australia combining an integrative literature review with qualitative inquiries.
- Gathered qualitative data through key informant interviews, focus groups, and individual interviews across multiple ethnic groups.
- Participants identified family and kinship networks as primary drivers of care plans and treatment decisions, aided by family doctors who help navigate the healthcare system.
- Respondents reported fearing cancer more than heart failure despite heart failure's high mortality, with religious and traditional beliefs gaining prominence with advancing age.
Structured PICO
PPopulationOverseas-born people with heart failure living in Australia
OOutcomeHealth patterns, information needs, and the adjustment processpatient reported
Understanding cultural diversity, family dynamics, and religious beliefs is essential for tailoring heart failure management and improving self-care in overseas-born populations.