The experience of living with chronic heart failure: a narrative review of qualitative studies

YH Jeon, SG Kraus, T Jowsey, NJ Glasgow - BMC health services …, 2010 - Springer
Background Chronic heart failure (CHF) is the leading cause of all hospitalisations and
readmissions in older people, accounting for a large proportion of developed countries' …

Determinants of effective heart failure self-care: a systematic review of patients' and caregivers' perceptions

AM Clark, M Spaling, K Harkness, J Spiers… - Heart, 2014 - heart.bmj.com
Context Disease management interventions for heart failure (HF) are inconsistent and very
seldom incorporate the views and needs of patients and their caregivers into intervention …

Clinical guidelines and evidence review for medicines adherence: involving patients in decisions about prescribed medicines and supporting adherence

V Nunes, J Neilson, N O'flynn, N Calvert… - … Centre for Primary …, 2009 - resmedjournal.com
The prescription of medicines is a core element of the delivery of modern health care.
Medicines are widely used not only to relieve symptoms and cure conditions but to prevent …

A systematic review of patient heart failure self-care strategies

K Harkness, MA Spaling, K Currie… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Self-care is at the foundation for living with a chronic condition such as heart
failure (HF). Patients with HF express difficulty with translating self-care knowledge into …

Barriers and facilitators to self-care in chronic heart failure: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies

S Siabani, SR Leeder, PM Davidson - Springerplus, 2013 - Springer
Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a costly condition that places large demands on self-care.
Failure to adhere with self-care recommendations is common and associated with frequent …

Improving support for heart failure patients: A systematic review to understand patients' perspectives on self‐care

MA Spaling, K Currie, PH Strachan… - Journal of advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This systematic review aimed to generate patient‐focussed recommendations to
enhance support of heart failure self‐care by examining patients' experiences, perspectives …

The importance of interactions between patients and healthcare professionals for heart failure self-care: a systematic review of qualitative research into patient …

K Currie, PH Strachan, M Spaling… - European Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Effective heart failure (HF) self-care can improve clinical outcomes but is
dependent on patients' undertaking a number of complex self-care behaviors. Research into …

Qualitative examination of compliance in heart failure patients in The Netherlands

MHL van der Wal, T Jaarsma, DK Moser, WH van Gilst… - Heart & Lung, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Noncompliance with pharmacological and nonpharmacological
recommendations is a problem in many heart failure (HF) patients, leading to worse …

Context matters in heart failure self-care: a qualitative systematic review

PH Strachan, K Currie, K Harkness, M Spaling… - Journal of cardiac …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this work was to identify the main contextual factors and processes
that influence patients' self-care of heart failure (HF). Methods and Results A systematic …

What can we learn from patients with heart failure about exercise adherence? A systematic review of qualitative papers.

S Tierney, M Mamas, D Skelton, S Woods… - Health …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: Keeping physically active has been shown to bring positive outcomes for
patients diagnosed with heart failure (HF). However, a number of individuals with this health …