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Using self-efficacy to increase physical activity in patients with heart failure.

J M Borsody1, M Courtney, K Taylor

  • 1University of Massachusetts, Graduate School of Nursing, Worcester 01655, USA. JMB.UMASS@aol.com

Home Healthcare Nurse
|June 8, 1999
PubMed
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Home care nurses can boost heart failure patients

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Cardiology
  • Health Psychology

Background:

  • Heart failure (HF) management requires sustained patient engagement.
  • Low self-efficacy can impede adherence to physical activity recommendations in HF patients.
  • Modifying illness-contributing factors is a complex, long-term process.

Observation:

  • Home care nurses play a vital role in patient self-efficacy development.
  • Specific strategies can be employed to foster self-efficacy in heart failure patients.

Findings:

  • Performance mastery: Creating supportive environments for physical activity.
  • Verbal persuasion: Offering encouragement and support.
  • Vicarious experience: Providing anticipatory guidance and peer examples.

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  • Physiologic state: Offering realistic assessments of patient capabilities.

    • Implications:

    • Enhancing self-efficacy in heart failure patients can increase physical activity.
    • Increased physical activity is linked to reduced symptomatology.
    • Improved self-efficacy contributes to a better quality of life for heart failure patients.