Key result
Heart failure patients report perceived positive effects including healthier lifestyles, spirituality, and reappraised priorities.
Why the study?
Positive outcomes of heart failure have not been adequately addressed in the literature.
What are the perceived positive effects and experiences of patients living with heart failure?
What are the perceived positive effects and experiences of patients living with heart failure?
Heart failure patients may experience positive psychological and lifestyle changes, suggesting that clinical care should also focus on patient empowerment and possibilities rather than just limitations.
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Heart failure patients may report positive psychological and lifestyle effects; qualitative data leaves open whether these inform care or warrant prospective study.
Heart failure may bring about positive outcomes, which have not been adequately addressed in the literature. Therefore, this qualitative study sought to scrutinize the experiences of patients and the perceived positive effects of heart failure. The opinions of 19 patients with heart failure in Mashhad city (Iran) were collected via semistructured interviews from December 2017 to November 2018. After analyzing the data, six themes were identified by framework analysis: healthy lifestyle, effective interactions, appreciation of life, spirituality, reappraisal of life and priorities, and endurance. Such positive effects may lead to empowerment and better coping of patients with the disease. Therefore, nurses should consider the patients' perception of illness in addition to the disease manifestations and offer training focusing on the possibilities instead of limitations.
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Moshki et al. (2020) studied Heart failure (n=19). Heart failure was evaluated on Perceived positive effects of heart failure. Patients with heart failure reported perceived positive effects including healthy lifestyle, effective interactions, appreciation of life, spirituality, reappraisal of life and priorities, and endurance.
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