Risk Factors for Frequency of Readmission among Heart Failure Patients | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 15, Volume 8, Issue 21, June 2020, Pages 147-153 PDF (658.14 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2020.38865.1033 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Noureleman Hassan Ali* 1; Shalabia El-Sayead Abozead2; Ahmed Abdel Galeel Ahmed3; Hanan Abd ElRazik Abd El-All4 | ||
| 1Medical-surgical, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 4Assistant Professor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The aim of the study was to identify risk factors for frequency of readmission among heart failure patients at Assiut University Hospital. Research design: A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: This study was carried out in the cardiovascular medicine department at Assiut University Hospital. sample: The study sample consists of a (100) heart failure patients; ages ranged from 18-65 years old. Tools: Two tools were used; tool one: a patient assessment sheet, tool two: re-admission assessment sheet. Results: Frequency of patients’ readmission in a period of (6) months was (31%), (64.5%) have readmitted once, (29.03%) twice and (6.45%) three times. Highest percent was readmitted within 60 days of discharge (38.7%), (19.4%) readmitted within 30 days of discharge and (19.4%) readmitted within 90 days of discharge. Drug non-compliance, diet poor compliance, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, ischemia, anemia and worsening left ventricular function were the major risk factors for HF patients’readmission. Conclusion: Frequency of patients’ readmission was (31%). Drug non-compliance, diet poor compliance, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, ischemia, anemia and worsening left ventricular function were the major risk factors for HF patients ’readmission. Recommendations: Design educational programs for patients with HF to reduce frequency of readmission of those patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keywords: Frequency; Heart Failure & Readmission | ||
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