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The Most and the Least Performed Self-Care Behaviors Among Patients With Heart Failure in Jordan.
- Source :
- Clinical Nursing Research; Feb2020, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p108-116, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Assessing self-care is important aspects among patients with heart failure. However, few studies were conducted to assess self-care among patients with heart failure in Jordan. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the most and the least performed maintenance self-care behaviors and to examine the relationship between maintenance self-care behaviors and selected sociodemographics. A cross-sectional design utilizing a convenience sample of 226 patients with heart failure was used. The maintenance self-care mean was 53.89 and considered below the clinical target level (≥70). Asking for low salt item and performing physical exercises were the most performed self-care behaviors, while "trying to avoid getting sick" and "checking ankles for swelling" were the least performed self-care behaviors. Limited self-care behaviors indicated the need to implement cardiac education that may improve self-care behaviors. Cardiac education should target mainly patients with low income, low educational level, elderly, living alone, unemployed, and who are using traditional treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL correlation
DIET in disease
DIET therapy
EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH behavior
HEART failure
MARITAL status
RESEARCH methodology
SALT
STATISTICAL sampling
HEALTH self-care
T-test (Statistics)
PILOT projects
RESIDENTIAL patterns
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EDUCATIONAL attainment
CROSS-sectional method
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10547738
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141509212
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1054773818779492