Mutuality and heart failure self-care in patients and their informal caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heart failure is a progressive condition characterized by frequent hospitalizations for exacerbated symptoms. Informal family caregivers may help patients improve self-care, which may in turn reduce hospitalizations. However, little is known about how mutuality, defined as the quality of the patient-caregiver relationship, and caregiver burden affect self-care.

Objective

This study examines the associations among mutuality, patient self-care confidence (beliefs in abilities to engage in self-care behaviors) and maintenance (behaviors such as medication adherence, activity, and low salt intake), caregiver confidence in and maintenance of patient care, and caregiver perceived burden.

Methods

This study used cross-sectional baseline data from a multi-site rand

SUBMITTER: Hooker SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9390005 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature