Assessment of Self Care Behaviors of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: (Suggested Nursing Guidelines) | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 6, Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2016, Pages 58-68 PDF (583.5 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2016.60337 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Esraa Nabil Mohammed1; Ghona Abd El-naser Ali2; Attyiat Hassan Hussein3; Ahmed Aly Obiedallah4 | ||
| 1Demonstrator of Medical, Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag, University Egypt. | ||
| 2Assistant professor of Medical, Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag, University Egypt. | ||
| 3Lecturer of Adult Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut, University Egypt. | ||
| 4Lecturer of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Aim: to assess self care behavior of patients with heart failure, design suggested nursing guidelines for patients with heart failure. Subjects and methods; The study was conducted in the internal medicine department and cardiac clinic at Assiut University Hospital. A convenience sample of 60 adult patients with congestive heart failure grade I, II, III from both males and females aged between (18-65) years old were included in this study. Tools; Tool (1) patient assessment sheet and Tool (2) Heart Failure Self-Care behavior Scale. Results; The findings revealed that the majority of patients aged between (41-60) yrs old, regarding to patient’s knowledge, (60%) of patients had unsatisfactory level of knowledge, there was a statistical significant relation between self care behavior and knowledge. Conclusion; Based on findings of the present study, it can be concluded that, patients were not adherent to self care behaviors; Socio demographic characteristic had clear effect on the knowledge of the patients. Also, the study concluded high percentage from patients had poor knowledge which affected on patients self care behavior; results of this study could be useful for the development of nursing interventions that can promote/improve self-care in this population. Recommendations: Health education including the suggested nursing guidelines for patients with congestive heart failure is mandatory to improve self care behavior. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Congestive Heart Failure; Self Care Behavior; nursing guidelines | ||
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