Association between self-care and hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure.

Autor:	Linn AC; Programa de Residência Multiprofissional Integrada em Saúde, Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil., Azollin K; Instituto de Cardiologia, Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil., Souza EN; Instituto de Cardiologia, Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2016 Jun; Vol. 69 (3), pp. 500-6.
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167.2016690312i
Abstrakt:	Objective: to assess the association between self-care and the number of hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure (ADHF) and test the applicability of two self-care assessment tools. longitudinal study, performed in a cardiology reference hospital in southern Brazil. Method: it included 82 patients with a mean age of 61.85±12.33 years, 57.3% male. The mean score of self-care assessment found the scales European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale and Self-care Scale for Patients with Heart Failure was unsatisfactory. Results: it was observed an average of 2.57±1.66 rehospitalization last year for decompensated heart failure. There was a correlation between self-care scores with the number of hospital readmissions for decompensated HF. Education and age were associated to self-care of HF patients. Conclusion: both scales assess self-care in a relevant way, and correlated their indexes.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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