Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Relationship between self-care and social and clinical conditions of patients with heart failure
2018; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ; Volume: 19; Linguagem: Inglês
10.15253/2175-6783.20181933062
ISSN2175-6783
AutoresMailson Marques de Sousa, Taciana da Costa Farias Almeida, Bernadete de Lourdes André Gouveia, Marta Carvalho, Fabiana Medeiros de Brito, Simone Helena dos Santos Oliveira,
Tópico(s)Medication Adherence and Compliance
ResumoObjective: to identify the relationship between self-care measures and the social and clinical conditions of patients with heart failure.Methods: a cross-sectional study with 100 patients with heart failure, in outpatient follow-up.To assess self-care, the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale was used.Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied.Results: the self-care score presented an average of 35.17 ± 7.87, with a variation of 15 to 54 points.A lower average was found in the self-care score for female patients, with a significant difference (p <0.009).The recognition of the presence of lower limb edema, the daily monitoring of body weight and the regular practice of physical activity were presented as self-care measures with greater disagreement among the investigated participants.Conclusion: a better relationship was found between the self-care measures and the female sex.
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