Background Despite advances in treatment, the increasing and ageing population makes
heart failure an important cause of morbidity and death worldwide. It is associated with high …

Abstract The Middle-Range Theory of Self-Care of Chronic Illness has been used widely
since it was first published in 2012. With the goal of theoretical refinement in mind, we …

Heart failure is one of the most common cardiovascular disorders, and as a chronic and
progressive disorder, it can disrupt with interpersonal and social relationships, reduce …

Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate a heart failure education programme developed
for patients and carers in Thailand. Background Heart failure is major health problem. This is …

Objective Most of the day-to-day care for heart failure (HF) is done by the patient at home
and requires skill in self-care. In this randomized controlled trial (RCT) we tested the efficacy …

Objectives This study aimed to investigate the effect of motivational interviewing on the self-
care behaviours in patients with chronic heart failure. Methods Sixty-two hospitalized …

Background Patients with heart failure (HF) who actively engage in their own self-
management have better outcomes. Extracting data through natural language processing …

Heart failure is a debilitating illness that requires patients to be actively engaged in self-
management. Self-management practices, including maintenance and management of an …

Healthcare providers, administrators, and policy makers do not usually view self-care with
the passion reflected in these quotes by philosopher and life-long critic of Western …

The current study examined the learning needs of hospitalized patients with chronic heart
failure (CHF) by identifying their current CHF self-care behaviors and knowledge levels …