Adherence to Self-Care Recommendations and Associated Factors among Adult Heart Failure Patients in West Gojjam Zone Public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-care practices are an important part of heart failure patient management and essential to control symptoms of the disease and its exacerbation. However, poor adherence to these self-care behaviors could be associated with an increase in hospitalization, morbidity, and mortality. Even if it is an important part of management for heart failure patients, yet information is not adequate in the study area about adherence to self-care recommendations and associated factors among heart failure patients.

Purpose

To assess self-care recommendation adherence and associated factors among heart failure patients in West Gojjam Zone public hospitals.

Methods

Institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 304 selected heart failure patients attend

SUBMITTER: Molla B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9798104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature