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Sociodemographic indictors of social position and self-care maintenance in adults with heart failure
Baah, Foster Osei Chittams, Jesse Carlson, Beverly Sethares, Kristen A. Daus, Marguerite Moser, Debra K. Riegel, Barbara
Baah, Foster Osei
Chittams, Jesse
Carlson, Beverly
Sethares, Kristen A.
Daus, Marguerite
Moser, Debra K.
Riegel, Barbara
Abstract
Social determinants of health (SDH) are known to influence health. Adequate self-care maintenance improves heart failure (HF) outcomes. However, the relationship between self-care maintenance and SDH remains unclear. Explore the relationship between sociodemographic indicators of social position and self-care maintenance in adults with HF. This was a secondary analysis of data from a cross-sectional descriptive study of 543 adults with HF. Participants completed the Self-Care of HF Index and a sociodemographic survey. We used multiple regression with backward elimination to determine which SDH variables were determinants of self-care maintenance. Marital status (p = .02) and race (p = .02) were significant determinants of self-care maintenance. Education (p = .06) was highest in Whites (35.6%). These variables explained only 3.8% of the variance in self-care maintenance. Race, education, and marital status were associated with HF self-care maintenance. SDH is complex and cannot be explained with simple sociodemographic characteristics.
Keywords
social determinants of health, social position, heart failure, self-care
Date
2021
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Journal article
Journal
Clinical Nursing Research
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Volume
30
Issue
6
Page Range
847-854
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ACU Department
Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Published as green open access
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Open
Open