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Published on: June 10, 2025
Association between self-care and hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure
Amanda Chlalup Linn1, Karina Azollin2, Emiliane Nogueira de Souza2
1Programa de Residência Multiprofissional Integrada em Saúde, Grupo Hospitalar Conceição, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Objective:
to assess the association between self-care and the number of hospital readmissions of patients with heart failure (ADHF) and test the applicability of two self-care assessment tools. longitudinal study, performed in a cardiology reference hospital in southern Brazil.
Method:
it included 82 patients with a mean age of 61.85±12.33 years, 57.3% male. The mean score of self-care assessment found the scales European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale and Self-care Scale for Patients with Heart Failure was unsatisfactory.
Results:
it was observed an average of 2.57±1.66 rehospitalization last year for decompensated heart failure. There was a correlation between self-care scores with the number of hospital readmissions for decompensated HF. Education and age were associated to self-care of HF patients.
Conclusion:
both scales assess self-care in a relevant way, and correlated their indexes.
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