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Role of self-care in the patient with heart failure

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Moser, Debra K., Dickson, Victoria, Jaarsma, Tiny, Lee, Christopher, Stromberg, Anna, Riegel, Barbara·2012·Current Cardiology Reports

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Optimal outcomes and quality of life for patients with heart failure depend on engagement in effective self-care activities. Self-care is a complex set of activities and most clinicians are not adequately prepared to assist their patients to engage in effective self-care. In this paper, we provide an overview of self-care that includes definitions, the importance of self-care to outcomes, the physiologic basis for better outcomes with good self-care, cultural perspectives of self-care, and recommendations for the improvement of self-care. Promotion of effective self-care by all clinicians could substantially reduce the economic and personal burden of repeated rehospitalizations among patients with heart failure.

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  • Anxiety symptoms are linked to pathophysiologic mechanisms that promote poorer cardiovascular outcomes, including autonomic dysregulation.

    “Anxiety symptoms are linked to pathophysiologic mechanisms that facilitate poorer cardiovascular outcomes, such as dysregulation of the autonomic nervous system, such as decreased heart rate variability, low parasympathetic activity, high sympathetic activity, high serum glucose, altered lipid metabolism, and increased blood pressure.”

    From Mindfulness, Anxiety Symptoms, and Quality of Life in Heart Failure. (2020) · cites this paper as [15]

    The 'What Affects Patients’ Abilities to Engage in Self-Care?' section (page unavailable) lists anxiety as a factor affecting heart-failure self-care, while the self-care management section links neurohormonal activation to poor outcomes. Neither connects anxiety symptoms to autonomic dysregulation or the specified cardiovascular mechanisms; searches for anxiety and heart-rate variability found no such passage. (LLM, conf=0.73)

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Authors
Moser, D. K., Dickson, V., Jaarsma, T., Lee, C., Stromberg, A., & Riegel, B.
Affiliations
  • University of Kentucky (US)
  • New York University (US)
  • Linköping University (SE)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
  • Moser, Debra K.
  • Lee, Christopher
Venue
Current Cardiology Reports
Published
2012-03-23
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
265-275
ISSN
  • 1523-3782 (ISSN-L)
  • 1534-3170
OpenAlex
W2051209555
Cited by
186
References
88
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Cardiology Reports (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ScholarlyCommons (University of Pennsylvania) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
Keywords
heart failure, self-care, patient engagement, quality of life, hospital readmission, clinician preparedness, economic burden
MeSH terms
Attitude to Health, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Heart Failure, Humans, Patient Compliance, Self Care, Treatment Outcome

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