Fatigue in Persons With Heart Failure: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Synthesis Using the Biopsychosocial Model of Health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fatigue is a common and distressing symptom of heart failure (HF) and has important implications for patient-reported and clinical outcomes. Despite being a common and bothersome symptom, fatigue has been understudied in HF. We sought to synthesize existing literature on fatigue in HF through a systematic literature review guided by the biopsychosocial model of health.

Methods and results

A systematic search of the literature was performed on March 18, 2020, using Pubmed, Embase, and CINAHL. Full-text, primary research articles, written in English, in which fatigue was a primary symptom of interest in adults with a diagnosis of HF, were included. The search yielded 1138 articles; 33 articles that met inclusion criteria were selected for extraction and synthesis. B

SUBMITTER: Pavlovic NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795245 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature