Background With widespread use of the internet and mobile devices, many people have
gained improved access to health-related information online for health promotion and …

Abstract'Heart failure self care'refers to the practices in which patients engage to maintain
their own health, and to the decisions that they make about managing signs or symptoms. In …

Nearly 50% of adults have one or more chronic illnesses. Self-care is considered essential
in the management of chronic illness, but the elements of self-care in this context have not …

Importance Depression and inadequate self-care are common and interrelated problems
that increase the risks of hospitalization and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) …

Background Previous trials of telemonitoring for heart failure management have reported
inconsistent results, largely due to diverse intervention and study designs. Mobile phones …

Background Cardiac rehabilitation improves health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and
reduces hospitalizations in patients with heart failure, but international uptake of cardiac …

OBJECTIVE: Clinicians worldwide seek to educate and support heart failure patients to
engage in self-care. We aimed to describe self-care behaviors of patients from 15 countries …

Cognitive damage in heart failure (HF) involves different domains thus interfering with the
ability for single patient to self-care and to cope with treatment regimens, modifying …

Background Self-care is an important element in the comprehensive management of
patients with heart failure. The European Heart Failure Self-Care Behaviour Scale …

Background Telemonitoring (TM) can improve heart failure (HF) outcomes by facilitating
patient self-care and clinical decisions. The Medly program enables patients to use a mobile …