Abstract 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 …

Objective Explore the interaction between patient experienced symptoms and burden of
treatment (BoT) theory in chronic heart failure (CHF). BoT explains how dynamic patient …

Heart failure (HF) has become a global public health issue due to its high prevalence and
the significant cost of treatment. Today, one of the major challenges faced by clinicians is …

Background: End-stage renal disease (ESRD), the last stage of chronic kidney disease, is
the point at which the kidneys are no longer able to support the body's needs. Thus, ESRD …

This study aimed to gain a better understanding of what it is like for older people to live with
chronic illness. A Phenomenological method was used. A purposive sampling strategy was …

Aim To explore the cognitive representations and emotional responses to living with chronic
heart failure of people receiving limited community disease management. Background …

Background Individual qualitative studies provide varied reasons for why heart failure
patients do not engage in self-care, yet articles that aggregated primary studies on the …

Background. Although a number of studies have been conducted on patients with Heart
Failure (HF), they have not given a rigorous comprehensive description of what it is like to …

Background Prior reports have documented extremely poor adherence to evidence-based
medications among South Asian patients with established chronic cardiovascular diseases …

Background Heart failure is a highly burdensome syndrome and is rapidly increasing in
prevalence in low and middle-income countries and outcomes are influenced at the level of …