- Title
- Heart failure patients' experiences of non-pharmacological self-care
- Creator
- Woods, Leanna S.; Walker, Kim N.; Duff, Jed S.
- Relation
- British Journal of Cardiac Nursing Vol. 11, Issue 10, p. 498-506
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjca.2016.11.10.498
- Publisher
- MA Healthcare
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Background: Heart failure self-care is important yet often sub-optimal. This literature review identifies and analyses the literature on heart failure patients' experiences of non-pharmacological self-care. Methods: The literature was searched in April 2015 using EBSCO Host. The World Health Organization (WHO) (2003) dimensions of adherence framework was used for data analysis. Results: The identified literature (14 primary articles; 4 literature reviews) was heavily weighted towards patient-related factors, namely acceptance of diagnosis, bio-behavioural variables and decision-making characteristics. Poor symptom recognition/management and the presence of comorbidities (specifically depression) were common condition-related factors highlighted as barriers to self-care. Lifestyle factors (therapy-related dimension) and professional support (health system/team dimension) were briefly described. Conclusions: This narrative literature review highlighted that heart failure self-care regimes are complex and often challenging to maintain. Further qualitative research regarding the therapy-related and health system-related factors would shed light on individual variations of and barriers to self-care.
- Subject
- heart failure; self-care; patient adherence; patient compliance; health behaviour
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1331634
- Identifier
- uon:26675
- Identifier
- ISSN:1749-6403
- Language
- eng
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