Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎

Introduction: Heart failure is considered to be one of the most common chronic diseases in the ‎world which puts high expenses on health care systems. In order to control heart failure there are a ‎lot of ways self care is one of them. ‎ Objective: This survey has been cond...

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Main Authors: mARYAM Momeni, mEHRNOOSH Khoshtarash, aTEFEH Ghanbari Khanghah, AmirHosein Salehzadeh, Pardis Rahmatpour
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Published: Guilan University of Medical Sciences 2013-09-01
Series:Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery
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description Introduction: Heart failure is considered to be one of the most common chronic diseases in the ‎world which puts high expenses on health care systems. In order to control heart failure there are a ‎lot of ways self care is one of them. ‎ Objective: This survey has been conducted with the aim of studying self-care behaviors and related ‎factors in patients with CHF. ‎ Methods: This cross sectional study assessed the associations between self- care behaviors and ‎demographic variables in ‎‏33‏‎ patients who referred to medical & educational center of heart in Rasht ‎city. Data collection instrument included questionnaire covering demographic characteristics and ‎European questionnaire of EHFSCB. Data collected were analyzed using one – way ANOVA, ‎Kruskal Wallis and independent t- tests in SPSS (version ‎‏15‏‎).‎ Results: The mean age of individuals was ‎‏69.9‏‎ ‎‏±‏‎ ‎‏19.9‏‎, of which ‎‏%60.6‏‎ were woman, ‎‏%57.6‏‎ were ‎married, ‎‏%57.6‏‎ were illiterate, ‎‏%66.7‏‎ had poor financial conditions and ‎‏%90.9‏‎ suffered from other ‎chronic diseases that had the highest percentages such as hypertension ‎‏%25‏‎, diabetes ‎‏%18.7‏‎. Also ‎the mean of disease duration was ‎‏2.5‏‎ ‎‏± 1.6‏‎ month. The mean of self-care score was ‎‏37.9‏‎ ‎‏± 5.4‏‎ and ‎only ‎‏%6.1‏‎ of individuals had good self-care. The best self-care behavior was related to taking drugs ‎according to doctor s recommendation, going on low-salt diet & taking enough rest. The least self-‎care behavior taken was daily weighing, regular exercise and injecting flu vaccination. No ‎significant correlation was found between demographic variables and self-care behaviors .‎ Conclusion: Considering a low percent of individuals who had good self-care behavior, it is ‎recommended that more assessed and proper intervention be taken to confront these factors.‎
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spelling doaj-art-e91e5e4f7fbf47a58f2d89a30e2c99f02025-01-02T16:23:56ZengGuilan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery2588-37122588-37202013-09-012312229Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎mARYAM Momeni0mEHRNOOSH Khoshtarash1aTEFEH Ghanbari Khanghah2AmirHosein Salehzadeh3Pardis Rahmatpour4 Introduction: Heart failure is considered to be one of the most common chronic diseases in the ‎world which puts high expenses on health care systems. In order to control heart failure there are a ‎lot of ways self care is one of them. ‎ Objective: This survey has been conducted with the aim of studying self-care behaviors and related ‎factors in patients with CHF. ‎ Methods: This cross sectional study assessed the associations between self- care behaviors and ‎demographic variables in ‎‏33‏‎ patients who referred to medical & educational center of heart in Rasht ‎city. Data collection instrument included questionnaire covering demographic characteristics and ‎European questionnaire of EHFSCB. Data collected were analyzed using one – way ANOVA, ‎Kruskal Wallis and independent t- tests in SPSS (version ‎‏15‏‎).‎ Results: The mean age of individuals was ‎‏69.9‏‎ ‎‏±‏‎ ‎‏19.9‏‎, of which ‎‏%60.6‏‎ were woman, ‎‏%57.6‏‎ were ‎married, ‎‏%57.6‏‎ were illiterate, ‎‏%66.7‏‎ had poor financial conditions and ‎‏%90.9‏‎ suffered from other ‎chronic diseases that had the highest percentages such as hypertension ‎‏%25‏‎, diabetes ‎‏%18.7‏‎. Also ‎the mean of disease duration was ‎‏2.5‏‎ ‎‏± 1.6‏‎ month. The mean of self-care score was ‎‏37.9‏‎ ‎‏± 5.4‏‎ and ‎only ‎‏%6.1‏‎ of individuals had good self-care. The best self-care behavior was related to taking drugs ‎according to doctor s recommendation, going on low-salt diet & taking enough rest. The least self-‎care behavior taken was daily weighing, regular exercise and injecting flu vaccination. No ‎significant correlation was found between demographic variables and self-care behaviors .‎ Conclusion: Considering a low percent of individuals who had good self-care behavior, it is ‎recommended that more assessed and proper intervention be taken to confront these factors.‎http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-243-13&slc_lang=en&sid=1Self-care / Heart failure / behaviors ‎
spellingShingle mARYAM Momeni
mEHRNOOSH Khoshtarash
aTEFEH Ghanbari Khanghah
AmirHosein Salehzadeh
Pardis Rahmatpour
Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎
Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery
Self-care / Heart failure / behaviors ‎
title Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎
title_full Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎
title_fullStr Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎
title_full_unstemmed Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎
title_short Self-care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical & educational center of heart in Rasht.‎
title_sort self care behaviors and related factors in patients with heart failure reffering to ‎medical educational center of heart in rasht ‎
topic Self-care / Heart failure / behaviors ‎
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