Article
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary
Rebecca Meraz, Elizabeth Perry Caldwell, Jocelyn Shealy McGee
Summary: This study aimed to examine the relationships between patient activation, health literacy, and self-care adherence in adults with heart failure (HF). The findings showed no significant relationship between health literacy and self-care adherence, but a small positive correlation between health literacy and activation levels, as well as between patient activation and self-care behaviors. However, patient activation was not a reliable predictor of self-care adherence. Further research is needed to understand the influence of patient activation and health literacy on HF self-care behaviors.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Kyoung Suk Lee, Debra K. Moser, Kathleen Dracup
Summary: This study explored the relationship between self-care in heart failure patients and the number of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular conditions. The results showed that a greater number of non-cardiovascular comorbidities were associated with poorer self-care, but this relationship disappeared after adjusting for other factors. Perceived control and depressive symptoms were associated with self-care in heart failure patients.
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Maitha Abdul-Aziz Al-Tamimi, Syed Wasif Gillani, Mohamed Elhassan Abd Alhakam, Kishore Gnana Sam
Summary: The study identified noncompliance, low hemoglobin, and NYHA Class IV of HF as the main factors associated with readmission in patients with HF. Clinical pharmacists as team members could play a role in improving patient adherence to reduce readmission rates. Other factors like hypertension, coronary artery disease, gender, systolic blood pressure on admission, and age were linked with the disease but not significantly associated with readmission in this study.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Neal Yuan, Patrick G. Botting, Yaron Elad, Shaun J. Miller, Susan Cheng, Joseph E. Ebinger, Michelle M. Kittleson
Summary: The shift to remote heart failure outpatient care during the COVID-19 pandemic had varying impacts on patient usage and clinician practices. Video visits were more common among younger, male, and privately insured patients, while telephone visits were more frequent overall. Clinicians were less likely to order diagnostic testing or prescribe guideline-directed medical therapy during remote visits, particularly during telephone visits, which were associated with increased 90-day mortality.
CIRCULATION-HEART FAILURE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Getenet Dessie, Sahai Burrowes, Henok Mulugeta, Dessalegn Haile, Ayenew Negess, Dubie Jara, Girma Alem, Bekele Tesfaye, Haymanot Zeleke, Tenaw Gualu, Temsgen Getaneh, Getiye Dejenu Kibret, Desalegne Amare, Endalkachew Worku Mengesha, Fasil Wagnew, Rasheda Khanam
Summary: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve self-care adherence among patients with chronic heart failure in Northwestern Ethiopia. The results showed that the intervention significantly improved self-care adherence scores among CHF patients.
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Bethlehem Wube Tegegn, Wondwossen Yimam Hussien, Afework Edmealem Abebe, Mulugeta WSelassie Gebre
Summary: The study assessed self-care adherence among outpatient adult heart failure patients in 2020 at the cardiac center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Results showed that comorbidity, level of knowledge, and depression were significantly associated with adherence to self-care practice among heart failure patients. Recommendations include nursing intervention programs to improve knowledge on heart failure and targeting self-care strategies towards patients with depression and comorbidity.
PATIENT PREFERENCE AND ADHERENCE
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Sarah C. Haynes, Daniel J. Tancredi, Kathleen Tong, Jeffrey S. Hoch, Michael K. Ong, Theodore G. Ganiats, Lorraine S. Evangelista, Jeanne T. Black, Andrew Auerbach, Patrick S. Romano
Summary: Hospital readmissions have been shown to decrease patient adherence to daily weight telemonitoring by nearly 20%. Therefore, providers using telemonitoring for heart failure management should capitalize on the teachable moment during hospitalization to reinforce the importance of adherence.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Natasa Sedlar, Mitja Lainscak, Jerneja Farkas
Summary: The study analyzed self-care adherence and associated factors in outpatients with heart failure, finding lowest adherence to regular exercise and contacts with healthcare provider in case of worsening symptoms. Factors influencing self-care adequacy included education and perceived control.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Alicja Wisnicka, Katarzyna Lomper, Izabella Uchmanowicz
Summary: The self-care outcomes and quality of life scores of men with chronic heart failure are unsatisfactory.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Aemiro Baymot, Debela Gela, Tadesse Bedada
Summary: This study assessed adherence to self-care recommendations and associated factors among heart failure (HF) patients in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The findings showed that only 32.70% of HF patients had good adherence to self-care recommendations. Factors associated with adherence included gender, family monthly income, NYHA classification, self-efficacy, and knowledge about HF.
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Libor Jelinek, Jan Vaclavik, Zdenek Ramik, Ludek Pavlu, Klara Benesova, Jiri Jarkovsky, Marie Lazarova, Hana Janeckova, Jana Spurna, Milos Taborsky
Summary: A study using serum drug level testing found that around 17.5% of patients with chronic heart failure were non-adherent to treatment. Younger patients were more likely to be non-adherent.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Maria Novosadova, Lauren Gianchetti, Koji Takagi, Priyanka Morishetty, Lauren Gaeta, Christopher Edwards, Beth A. Davison, Adrien Picod, Alexandre Mebazaa, Gad Cotter
Summary: The study aims to compare standard in-hospital treatment and management of AHF with clinical guidelines and variations across regions. The results show significant differences in how AHF patients are treated and managed, with suboptimal adherence to clinical guidelines in some regions.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Seongkum Heo, Debra K. Moser, Terry A. Lennie, JinShil Kim, Stephanie Turrise, Pattie J. Troyan, JungHee Kang, Holly J. Jones
Summary: This study found that patients with heart failure utilize various self-care strategies, but there are issues of knowledge deficits and inefficiencies. They are uncertain about symptom improvement and express a desire for comprehensive and realistic interventions to enhance their ability to manage their symptoms.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2021)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Ronnaug Eline Larsen, Are Hugo Pripp, Tonje Krogstad, Cecilie Johannessen Landmark, Lene Berge Holm
Summary: This study developed a new non-disease-specific survey tool to assess self-reported medication-taking behavior, barriers, and beliefs in order to quantify the causes of non-adherence and measure adherence.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Anne Ankerstjerne Rasmussen, Henrik Wiggers, Martin Jensen, Selina Kikkenborg Berg, Trine Bernholdt Rasmussen, Britt Borregaard, Lars Thrysoee, Charlotte Brun Thorup, Rikke Elmose Mols, Signe Holm Larsen, Soren Paaske Johnsen
Summary: The study found that lower health-related quality of life and symptoms of depression were associated with poor medication adherence in patients with heart failure, suggesting that person-centered care using patient-reported outcome measures may help identify individuals at risk for non-adherence in the future.
EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL-CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOTHERAPY
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Daisuke Nitta, Koichiro Kinugawa, Teruhiko Imamura, Naoko P. Kato, Issei Komuro
INTERNATIONAL HEART JOURNAL
(2016)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Shiho Matsuoka, Naoko Kato, Takahiro Kayane, Michiyo Yamada, Masako Koizumi, Toshimi Ikegame, Miyuki Tsuchihashi-Makaya
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2016)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shiho Matsuoka, Miyuki Tsuchihashi-Makaya, Takahiro Kayane, Michiyo Yamada, Rumi Wakabayashi, Naoko P. Kato, Miyuki Yazawa
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2016)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Nana Waldreus, Tiny Jaarsma, Martje H. L. van der Wal, Naoko P. Kato
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2018)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Naoko P. Kato, Ikuko Okada, Yukie Kagami, Miyoko Endo, Masaru Hatano, Minoru Ono, Tiny Jaarsma, Koichiro Kinugawa
JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Martje H. L. van der Wal, Nana Waldreus, Tiny Jaarsma, Naoko P. Kato
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2020)
Article
Surgery
Naoko P. Kato, Tiny Jaarsma, Jesus M. Casida, Christopher S. Lee, Anna Stromberg, Tuvia Ben Gal
PROGRESS IN TRANSPLANTATION
(2019)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tuvia Ben Gal, Naoko P. Kato, Vicky Yaari, Ben Avraham, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Stromberg, Tiny Jaarsma
HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION
(2020)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Maria Liljeroos, Naoko P. Kato, Martje H. L. van der Wal, Maaike Brons, Marie Louise Luttik, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, Anna Stromberg, Tiny Jaarsma
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2020)
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tuvia Ben Gal, Binyamin Ben Avraham, Miriam Abu-Hazira, Maria Frigerio, Maria G. Crespo-Leiro, Anne Marie Oppelaar, Naoko P. Kato, Anna Stromberg, Tiny Jaarsma
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
(2020)
Review
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Stefan Koberich, Naoko P. Kato, Christiane Kugler, Anna Stromberg, Tiny Jaarsma
Summary: The study aimed to assess the methodological quality of studies reporting on psychometric evaluations of the European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale (EHFScBS) using the COSMIN methodology. The results showed that in studies involving content validity, 17 were rated as inadequate; 12 studies adequately addressed structural validity; 7 studies on internal consistency; and 8 out of 11 studies reporting on construct validity had good methodological quality.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tiny Jaarsma, Naoko Perkio Kato, Tuvia Ben Gal, Maria Back, Oronzo Chiala, Lorraine Evangelista, Jan Martensson, Massimo F. Piepoli, Ercole Vellone, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Stromberg
Summary: This study aimed to identify factors contributing to a lack of improvement in submaximal exercise capacity in patients with heart failure. Lower self-reported physical activity and cognitive impairment were found to be independent predictors for the lack of improvement.
Editorial Material
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
N. A. O. K. O. P. KATO, K. O. I. C. H. I. R. O. KINUGAWA
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Naoko P. Kato, Semyon Melnikov, Quin E. Denfeld, Jesus Casida, Anna Stromberg, Tuvia Ben-Gal, Christopher S. Lee, Tiny Jaarsma
Summary: A 33-item scale for assessing self-care behaviour among patients with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has been developed and further optimized. The 20-item version of the scale showed adequate validity and reliability, making it suitable for clinical practice and research.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Tiny Jaarsma, Naoko Perkio Kato, Tuvia Ben Gal, Maria Back, Oronzo Chiala, Lorraine Evangelista, Jan Martensson, Massimo F. Piepoli, Ercole Vellone, Leonie Klompstra, Anna Stromberg
Summary: Lower self-reported physical activity and cognitive impairment are predictors for lack of improvement in submaximal exercise capacity in heart failure patients. Patients with a worse prognosis, indicated by a lower baseline 6 min walking distance, tend to have limited gains in exercise capacity and may require a more comprehensive approach to improve.
