Symptom burden in heart failure: assessment, impact on outcomes, and management

CM Alpert, MA Smith, SL Hummel, EK Hummel - Heart failure reviews, 2017 - Springer
Evidence-based management has improved long-term survival in patients with heart failure
(HF). However, an unintended consequence of increased longevity is that patients with HF …

Integration of a palliative approach into heart failure care: a European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association position paper

L Hill, T Prager Geller, R Baruah… - European journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology has published a
previous position paper and various guidelines over the past decade recognizing the value …

What constitutes a palliative care need in people with serious illnesses across Africa? A mixed-methods systematic review of the concept and evidence

OA Afolabi, K Nkhoma, M Maddocks… - Palliative …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Clarity on what constitutes a palliative care need is essential to ensure that
health systems and clinical services deliver an appropriate response within Universal Health …

Palliative care in heart failure: facts and numbers

JP Riley, JM Beattie - ESC heart failure, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Millions of people worldwide have heart failure. Despite enormous advances in care that
have improved outcome, heart failure remains associated with a poor prognosis. Worldwide …

Assessment of risk factors in patients with myocardial infarction

F Kiani, N Hesabi… - Global journal of health …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Coronary artery diseases (CAD) are one of the important health problems in
the world, although considerable progresses have been made to decrease the mortality …

The prognostic impact of symptom clusters in patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

C Qiu, DS Yu, D Song, X Wang - Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine the impact of symptom clusters on clinical outcomes among heart failure
patients. Design Systematic review and meta‐analysis. Data sources Peer‐reviewed articles …

Symptom prevalence, severity, distress and management among patients with chronic diseases

F ALHosni, M Al Qadire, OA Omari, H Al Raqaishi… - BMC nursing, 2023 - Springer
Background Advanced knowledge, technology, and treatment approaches resulted in longer
survival rates for patients suffering from chronic diseases. However, symptoms of these …

The Effect of Heart Failure Symptom Clusters on Quality of Life: The Moderating Effect of Self‐Care Behaviours

Q Yao, J Luo, B Song, J Yang, X Yuan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Although heart failure (HF) symptoms affect patients' quality of life (QoL),
improving patients' QoL requires certain self‐care behaviours. However, the specific role of …

Multi-Trajectories of symptoms and their associations with unplanned 30-day hospital readmission among patients with heart failure: a longitudinal study

Q Lv, X Zhang, Y Wang, X Xu, Y He, J Liu… - European Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aims This study aimed to uncover hidden patterns and predictors of symptom multi-
trajectories within 30 days after discharge in patients with heart failure and assess the risk of …

The association between physical symptoms and self-care behaviours in heart failure patients with inadequate self-care behaviours: a cross-sectional study

X Liu, L Liu, Y Li, X Cao - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023 - Springer
Background Patients with heart failure frequently report inadequate self-care behaviours.
Physical symptoms can impact patients' ability to perform self-care behaviours. However …