Article
Nursing
Arkers Kwan Ching Wong, Jonathan Bayuo, Frances Kam Yuet Wong
Summary: The study found that predictors of self-care behavior among homebound older adults include having sufficient financial resources, eHealth literacy, and perceived social support. eHealth literacy and perceived social support were identified as key factors predicting self-care behaviors.
JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Richard Huan Xu, Lu-shao-bo Shi, Yi Xia, Dong Wang
Summary: This study investigated eHealth literacy among primary care providers in Guangzhou, China and found that higher eHealth literacy levels were associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression, higher social support, and greater resilience. Improving the ability of healthcare providers to search for and use reliable web-based information can help enhance perceived social support and resilience during the pandemic.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ina Thon Aamodt, Irene Lie, Edita Lycholip, Anna Stromberg, Tiny Jaarsma, Jelena Celutkiene, Ragnhild Helleso
Summary: Informal caregivers play an important role in caring for family members with chronic illnesses such as heart failure. This study explores the experiences of informal caregivers using non-invasive telemonitoring to support HF patients at home. The findings highlight the importance of involving informal caregivers and HF patients in the implementation and future research of telemonitoring in HF care.
Article
Nursing
Chanhee Park, Mi Hwa Won, Youn-Jung Son
Summary: This study found that 20.0% of heart failure patients exhibit Type D personality, which is significantly associated with social support and self-care behaviours. Social support mediates the impact of Type D personality on self-care behaviours in heart failure patients.
JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING
(2021)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Rebecca Meraz, Jocelyn McGee, Elizabeth Perry Caldwell, Weiming Ke, Kathryn Osteen
Summary: This study examined the relationship between personal resources and adherence to medications and self-care in patients with heart failure. It found that resilience and health literacy were related to medication adherence, while hope, activation, and race did not significantly predict adherence. Perceived social support was the only predictor of better self-care among heart failure patients.
JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sergi Yuan, Cristina Enjuanes, Esther Calero-Molina, Encarnacion Hidalgo, Nuria Jose-Bazan, Marta Ruiz, Jose Maria Verdu-Rotellar, Paloma Garcimartin, Santiago Jimenez-Marrero, Alberto Garay, Mar Ras, Raul Ramos, Alexandra Pons-Riverola, Pedro Moliner, Xavier Corbella, Josep Comin-Colet
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a telemedicine-based managed care solution for heart failure patients. The results showed that eHealth-based monitoring tools were effective in preventing heart failure events in the early post-discharge period, regardless of patients' literacy levels and information and communications technology skills.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Kenneth E. Freedland, Judith A. Skala, Brian C. Steinmeyer, Robert M. Carney, Michael W. Rich
Summary: Depression, perceived stress, anxiety, and low social support are associated with poor self-care in hospitalized patients with heart failure. Patients with a combination of psychosocial problems, including symptoms of depression, stress, anxiety, and inadequate social support, may have difficulties with self-care that increase their risk for hospitalization. Further research on broad-spectrum psychosocial interventions is needed for heart failure patients with self-care deficits.
JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Sophie Huey-Ming Guo, Hung-Chun Hsing, Jiun-Lu Lin, Chun-Chuan Lee
Summary: This study aimed to understand how people with diabetes seek online health information and use health applications, and to investigate the relationship between mobile eHealth literacy (mobile eHL) and diabetes outcomes in Taiwanese patients with type 2 diabetes. The study found that although patients with diabetes who rated their health conditions as moderate were confident in using mobile eHealth and technology, few adopted these tools in their daily lives. Mobile eHL had a direct effect on self-care behavior as well as knowledge and skills of computers, the internet, and mobile technology, and had an indirect effect on health outcomes.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2021)
Article
Nursing
Lian-Shin Shiu, Chieh-Yu Liu, Cheng-Jui Lin, Yu-Chi Chen
Summary: This study aims to examine the relationship between eHealth literacy, empowerment, and self-management in diabetic kidney disease (DKD) patients, as well as the mediating effects of empowerment. Empowerment and eHealth literacy are positively correlated with self-management, and empowerment is the main predictor of self-management and completely mediates the relationship between eHealth literacy and self-management. Therefore, improving patients' eHealth literacy can enhance empowerment and prevent health inequality issues, and healthcare providers should consider promoting patients' eHealth literacy to enhance their self-management.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Stefan L. Auener, Toine E. P. Remers, Simone A. van Dulmen, Gert P. Westert, Rudolf B. Kool, Patrick P. T. Jeurissen
Summary: Most studies indicate that telemonitoring has no significant effects on healthcare utilization measures, except for an increase in nonemergency outpatient department visits. The consequences of telemonitoring on nonemergency outpatient visits should be given more attention by regulators, payers, and providers. This review highlights the high clinical and methodological heterogeneity of telemonitoring programs, which should be considered in future meta-analyses aiming to identify the effective components of telemonitoring programs.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jessica Longhini, Giacomo Rossettini, Alvisa Palese
Summary: Digitalization is not fully implemented in clinical practice, and the competencies of health care professionals are identified as possible barriers. Descriptive studies have investigated four main categories of digital health competencies. The findings can inform the design of medical education processes, and future research can address methodological shortcomings.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Da-Young Kim, Youn-Jung Son
Summary: This study identified distinct trajectories of self-care behaviors in heart failure patients after hospital discharge, with only one-fifth of the patients belonging to the high-sustained self-care behavior group. Adequate health literacy and positive social support at baseline were significant predictors for belonging to both the middle-increased and high-sustained self-care behavior groups. Better cognitive function at baseline was specifically associated with the high-sustained self-care behavior trajectory.
JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
(2023)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Siru Liu, Jili Li, Ding-yuan Wan, Runyi Li, Zhan Qu, Yundi Hu, Jialin Liu
Summary: eHealth self-management interventions can reduce mortality and readmission rates in patients with heart failure. They also improve medication adherence and self-care behaviors. However, their effects on quality of life and knowledge of heart failure remain uncertain. These interventions are more effective for patients after discharge.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2022)
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
Mohammed Munther Al-Hammouri, Jehad A. Rababah
Summary: This study aimed to compare the contribution of potential predictors to different dimensions of self-care in individuals with heart failure. The results showed that different combinations of predictors were significantly associated with different dimensions of self-care. The findings also suggested that there are variations in the underlying processes controlling different self-care dimensions.
BMC CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS
(2022)