THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HOME CARE NEEDS OF PATIENTS TREATED FOR HEART FAILURE

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Cal A., Altay B.

PAKISTAN HEART JOURNAL, cilt.50, sa.1, ss.6-13, 2017 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Dergi Adı: PAKISTAN HEART JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.6-13
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Heart Failure, Home Care Needs, Quality Of Life, Nursing, RANDOMIZED CLINICAL-TRIAL, TURKISH VERSION, SELF-CARE, RELIABILITY, PREDICTORS, MANAGEMENT, VALIDITY, DISEASE, IMPACT
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

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To identify the quality of life and need for home care of patients
treated for heart failure and the socio demographic and disease-related features
that affect them.
This cross sectional study included patients treated at the
Cardiology-Coronary Intensive Care Unit of Ondokuz Mayis University, Turkey.
Data was collected from patients who were willing to participate in the study from
December 2010 to June 2012. The data collection tools were the Katz Daily Living
Activities Scale and the MacNew Heart Disease Health-related Quality of Life
Questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using the SPSS 16.0, and the
descriptive statistics were analyzed using the t-test, Spearman's correlation
analysis, the Mann-Whitney U test and the Chi-square test.
About 180 patients were included. It was found that in participating
patients, when their level of need for home care increased their quality of life
decreased. Research reveals that the activities with which patients with heart
failure need the most home care assistance are cleaning, cooking, eating,
bathing, and using the toilet.
It was found that the more patients with heart failure need home
care, the more their quality of life falls.
Heart Failure, Home Care Needs, Quality Of Life, Nursing