scholarly journals The roles of health literacy and social support in improving adherence to self‐care behaviours among older adults with heart failure

Nursing Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 2039-2046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahra Jo ◽  
Eun Ji Seo ◽  
Youn‐Jung Son
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Self Care

scholarly journals Depressive symptoms and their associated factors in heart failure patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 389-397
Author(s):  
Deng-Xin He ◽  
Ming-Hao Pan
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Functional Capacity ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Dispositional Optimism ◽  
Continuous Variables ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
The Difference

Abstract Objectives Depressive symptoms are common in heart failure (HF) patients and they may exacerbate the progression of HF. Thus, identifying associations with depressive symptoms is essential to develop effective interventions to alleviate patients’ depressive symptoms. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the factors related to HF patients’ depressive symptoms. Methods Potential hospitalized patients were recruited from a university-affiliated hospital by convenience sampling. This study included 321 HF patients who had completed information about depressive symptoms, functional capacity, social support, dispositional optimism, self-care confidence, and health literacy. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the sample. Independent group t-tests and one-way analysis of variance were used to assess the difference in depressive symptoms score in demographic and clinical characteristics, while Pearson's correlation was used to assess the associations among continuous variables. Results The scores for functional capacity, social support, dispositional optimism, self-care confidence, and health literacy were negatively associated with the score for depressive symptoms. The interaction effect between the functional capacity and the dispositional optimism on depressive symptoms was significant. Conclusions Interventions targeted improving the above-mentioned factors may be beneficial to reduce depressive symptoms in HF patients.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF HEALTH LITERACY ON KNOWLEDGE, SELF-CARE AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. S93
Author(s):  
J. McConnery ◽  
F. Foroutan ◽  
A. Alba ◽  
H. Ross ◽  
J. MacIver
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Clinical Outcomes ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Heart Failure Patients

The relationship between health literacy and self-care in patients with heart failure

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Katie Nesbitt ◽  
Huiyun Du ◽  
Paul Nolan ◽  
Susie Cartledge ◽  
Parichat Wonggom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Patient Group ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Randomised Control Trial ◽  
Adequate Health Literacy ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Literacy Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

Background/Aims Research has shown that health literacy can influence an individual's ability to practise self-care, particularly for patients with heart failure. This study aimed to assess health literacy and its relationship with heart failure knowledge and self-care practices in this patient group. Methods An observational sub-study was conducted with the data from a large randomised control trial that evaluated the relationship between patients' health literacy, general literacy, knowledge of heart failure and self-care. Results A total of 36 participants were recruited, of which 33 (89.9%) had adequate levels of health literacy. Health literacy was positively associated with heart failure knowledge. However, 67.7% of participants with adequate health literacy were found to have inadequate levels of self-care management. Conclusions Health literacy may facilitate better heart failure knowledge, but it does not necessarily lead to improved self-care management in patients with heart failure. This suggest that clinicians need to put more emphasis on translating knowledge into behavioural changes for self-care in this patient group.

Modeling Personas for Older Adults with Heart Failure

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 1072-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Holden ◽  
Pushkar Joshi ◽  
Kartik Rao ◽  
Anagha Varrier ◽  
Carly N. Daley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Future Design ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Key Dimensions

In the early stages of the design process, designers often benefit from the use of personas, or archetypes of target users presented in a vivid way to highlight design-relevant characteristics. In the growing efforts to create health information technology (HIT) for older adults, empirically derived personas could help orchestrate more user-centered design activities. However, there is a lack of ready-to-use personas for older adult HIT users and more so for those designing in specific domains such as heart failure self-care. This paper presents personas of older adults derived from qualitative analysis of interviews with 24 older patients with heart failure. Analyses unearthed key dimensions distinguishing patients based on their dispositions towards the self-management of their chronic condition, including locus of control, relationship with the health/support system, information needs, and activities of self-care. Two personas are presented: Direction Follower and Researcher, with subtypes for the latter codified as Investigator and Explorer. Our work contributes to future design of systems including HIT to support chronically ill older adults.

scholarly journals The Correlation between Social Support and Self-care in Patients with Heart Failure: The Mediating Role of Illness Perception

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nastaran Mansoreye ◽  
Hamid Poursharifi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Taban Sadegi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Seirafi ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Illness Perception ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure

scholarly journals Race Moderates the Relationship Between Perceived Social Support and Self-care Confidence in Patients With Heart Failure

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakeshia Cousin ◽  
Andrew Bugajski ◽  
Harleah Buck ◽  
Terry Lennie ◽  
Misook Lee Chung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Patients With Heart Failure ◽  
The Relationship
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