Effect of Self Care Interventions on the Quality of Life of Older Adults with Heart Failure | ||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 19, Issue 1, July 2017, Pages 1-18 PDF (213.85 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2017.208322 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samia El Husseini Abd El Mageed; Rasha Ahmed Fouad; Nagwa Abd El Fattah Ibrahim | ||
| Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Heart failure self care refers to the practices in which geriatric patients with heart failure engage in their own care to maintain their own health, and their decisions about managing signs or symptoms. Objective: The study was conducted to determine the effect of self-care interventions on quality of life (QOL) of older adults with heart failure. Setting: The study was carried out in the outpatient cardiac clinic in the health insurance hospital (Gamal Abd El Naser), Alexandria, Egypt. Subjects: The study subjects included, thirty older adults diagnosed with HF for at least 6 months. Tools: Seven measures were used in this study; the socio-demographic and clinical data structured interview questionnaire, New York Heart Association Functional Classification (NYHA), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF), Minnesota living with heart failure questionnaire(MLHFQ), European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale (EHFSCBS), and Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale (DHFKS). Results: There are significant improvements in both quality of life and self care practice and knowledge after the implementation of the interventions which decreased gradually 6 weeks and 12 weeks later. However, they still better than before the interventions. Conclusion: Implementation of the self-care interventions proved to be effective in improving self-care knowledge, self-care practices and health related QOL for the majority of the study older adults. Recommendations: Preparation of an instructional booklet to include the self care interventions for older adults with heart failure. Further researches are needed such as: Effectiveness of nursing intervention strategies on the QOL of older adults with HF. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Older adults; Heart failure; Self care; Quality of life; Nurses' role | ||
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