Self-care in heart failure patients: Major results of a 7-year research program in Italy
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Vellone, Ercole, Paturzo, Marco, D'Agostino, Fabio, Mottola, Antonella, Petruzzo, Antonio, Alvaro, Rosaria and Riegel, Barbara. (2017). Self-care in heart failure patients: Major results of a 7-year research program in Italy. Salute e Società. 16(1), pp. 51 - 64. https://doi.org/10.3280/SES2017-001005
Authors | Vellone, Ercole, Paturzo, Marco, D'Agostino, Fabio, Mottola, Antonella, Petruzzo, Antonio, Alvaro, Rosaria and Riegel, Barbara |
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Abstract | Self-care improves patients’ outcomes in heart failure (HF). In this article we report the main results of a 7-year research program conducted in Italy. First, we established validity and reliability of the Self-Care of HF Index v.6.2 and the Caregiver Contribution to Self-Care of HF Index in the Italian population. Second, we tested the situation-specific theory of HF self-care that showed adequate fit to the data. Third, we showed in a sample of 1.192 HF patients that only about the 20% of them performs adequate self-care. Forth, we described caregiver contribution to self-care in a sample of 515 HF caregivers and we showed a low level of caregiver contribution to HF self-care. Fifth, we showed that patients and caregivers influence each other self-care. Six, we found that self-care confidence mediates between cognition and self-care, and comorbidity moderates between self-care confidence and selfcare. Intervention studies are needed to improve self-care in Italian HF patients. |
Keywords | self-care; heart failure; caregivers; carers; cognition; comorbidity |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Salute e Società |
Journal citation | 16 (1), pp. 51 - 64 |
Publisher | Franco Angeli Edizioni |
ISSN | 1723-9427 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3280/SES2017-001005 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85017641352 |
Page range | 51 - 64 |
Research Group | Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Italy |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/88x2w/self-care-in-heart-failure-patients-major-results-of-a-7-year-research-program-in-italy
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