Key result
Psychological factors and poor disease understanding are linked to lower self-care, explaining ~16% of variability.
Why the study?
Self-care activities improve health outcomes and reduce hospitalisation and mortality in older adults with heart failure, but specific behaviour and illness perception data are needed.
Cross-Sectional (n=105)
Background information highlights that self-care activities are associated with improved health outcomes and reduced hospitalization and mortality in older adults with heart failure, though the provided abstract contains no study-specific results.
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Self-care may be associated with better outcomes in older HF outpatients; leaves open whether structured interventions improve adherence or events in trials.
Heart failure (HF) is a highly prevalent condition among older adults and associated with a high risk of mortality within one year. Self-care (SC) activities improve health outcomes and reduce hospitalisation and mortality rates in patients with HF.
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Mária Sováriová Soósová (2025) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure (n=105). Illness perception factors (disease understanding, negative emotions, belief in drug effectiveness) was evaluated on Self-care behaviour (measured by EHFScBS-9) (R-squared 15.5%, p=<0.01). Lower disease understanding, higher negative emotions, and stronger belief in drug effectiveness were associated with lower self-care behaviour, explaining 15.5% of its variability.
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