The Most and the Least Performed Self-Care Behaviors Among Patients With Heart Failure in Jordan

Loai Issa Tawalbeh, Ahmed Mohammad Al-Smadi, Mohammed AlBashtawy, Maen AlJezawi, Mohamad Jarrah, Ahmed S. Musa and Sami Aloush

Clinical Nursing Research, 2020, vol. 29, issue 2, 108-116

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.

Keywords: heart failure; maintenance; self-care; sociodemographic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773818779492

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