The Relationship Between Self-Care and Health Status Domains in Thai Patients with Heart Failure
Key result
Higher levels of heart failure self-care were associated with better health status in certain SF-36 domains, but only when both management and confidence were high.
Why the study?
Is there a relationship between heart failure self-care and health status domains in Thai patients?
Population
400 heart failure patients living in southern Thailand, mean age 65.7 +/- 13.8 years, 52% male, 62% class…
Design
Cross-sectional
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Implication
May support assessing management and confidence in heart failure self-care; leaves open causal effects on health status domains.
Study Design
Type
Cross-Sectional (n=400)
Structured PICO
Is there a relationship between heart failure self-care and health status domains in Thai patients?
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Population
400 heart failure patients (mean age 65.7 years, 62% class III or IV) living in southern Thailand.
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Outcome
Short Form-36 (SF-36) health status domainspatient reported
Higher levels of self-care, specifically when both management and confidence are high, are associated with better health status in patients with heart failure.
Cite This Study
Lee et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=400). Heart failure self-care (SCHFI scores) vs. Lower levels of self-care was evaluated on Short Form-36 (SF-36) health status domains. Higher levels of heart failure self-care were associated with better health status in certain SF-36 domains, but only when both management and confidence were high.