Journal Article

Factors Related to Self-Care in Heart Failure Patients According to the Middle-Range Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness: a Literature Update

Riegel, Barbara, Jaarsma, Tiny, Stromberg, Anna, Cameron, Jan

2017

Overview

Purpose of the Review As described in the theory of self-care in chronic illness, there is a wide range of factors that can influence self-care behavior. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the recent heart failure literature on these related factors in order to provide an overview on which factors might be suitable to be considered to make self-care interventions more successful. Recent Findings Recent studies in heart failure patients confirm that factors described in the theory of self-care of chronic illness are relevant for heart failure patients. Summary Experiences and skills, motivation, habits, cultural beliefs and values, functional and cognitive abilities, confidence, and support and access to care are all important to consider when developing or improving interventions for patients with heart failure and their families. Additional personal and contextual factors that might influence self-care need to be explored and included in future studies and theory development efforts.

• Publisher: Springer US,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Behavior / Behavioral economics / Cardiac Surgery / Cardiology / Caregivers / Chronic Disease / Chronic illnesses / Culture / Decision making / Family / Habits / Health care access / Health literacy / Heart failure / Heart Failure - therapy / Humans / Imaging / Internal Medicine / Intervention / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Mortality / Motivation / Quality of life / Radiology / Section Editors / Self Care - psychology / Self-Care and Health Outcomes (R Gallagher and R Clark / Self-Care and Health Outcomes (R Gallagher and R Clark, Section Editors) / Skills / Topical Collection on Self-Care and Health Outcomes / Vascular Surgery