Self‐care is defined as a naturalistic decision‐making process addressing both the
prevention and management of chronic illness, with core elements of self‐care …

The annual National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports document widespread and
persistent racial and ethnic disparities. These disparities result from complex interactions …

Background: Since the situation-specific theory of heart failure (HF) self-care was published
in 2008, we have learned much about how and why patients with HF take care of …

Heart failure, a common syndrome in developed countries worldwide, is associated with
poor quality of life, frequent rehospitalizations, and early death. Self-care is essential to …

Human factors and ergonomics approaches have been successfully applied to study and
improve the work performance of healthcare professionals. However, there has been …

Health systems everywhere are expected to meet increasing public and political demands
for accessible, high-quality care. Policy-makers, managers, and clinicians use their best …

Aim To understand the self‐care coping process among chronic heart failure patients.
Background Previous studies have been carried out to understand the experience and the …

Introduction Heart failure patients vary considerably in their self-care management
behaviors (ie recognizing and responding to symptoms). The goal of this study was to …

Background: Hypertension (HTN) is a global public health issue. Self-care is an essential
component of HTN treatment, but no instruments are available with which to measure self …

Background Symptom perception in heart failure has been identified as crucial for effective
self-care that is a modifiable factor related to decreased hospital readmission and improved …