Determination of Knowledge and Self Care Behavior of Heart Failure Pateints According to Orem Theory | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 18, Volume 7, Issue 19, December 2019, Pages 170-177 PDF (892.65 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2019.74155 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sabrin Mahmoud Fahim1; Mohamed Hosam El-Dein2; Hala Mohammed Ghanem3; Ghada Hassan Ahmed4 | ||
| 1Nursing Specialist at About-Tig Central Hospital, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut ,Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor, Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut ,Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant Professor, Adult Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut ,Egypt. | ||
| 4Lecturer, Adult Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut , Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic disease that requires special lifelong self-care behaviors. These patients need having self-care behaviors to confront their disease problems. Aim of the study: To assess patient knowledge about heart failure and determine the self-care behavior of heart failure patients. Subject and methods: To conduct this study, a descriptive research design was utilized. Sample: a convenient sample of 60 patients with heart failure. The study was conducted in coronary care unit at Abou-tig central hospital. Tools: One tool was utilized to collect data for this study: Patient interviewing questionnaire sheet including three parts: Part (1) demographic characteristics of the patients, part (2): Dutch heart failure knowledge scale, part (3) Heart failure self-care behavior scale, Results: The majority of the studied patients (75%) had unsatisfactory knowledge levels, while the minority (26.7%) of them had good self-care behavior. Conclusion: The majority of the studied patients had unsatisfied level of knowledge about heart failure and had poor self-care behavior. Recommendation: patients with heart Failure are in pressing need for health education about their illness which will reflect on their self-care behavior and results in better quality of life | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Heart failure; Self-care Behavior & Orem Theory | ||
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