A5052449686- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Diabetes Management and Education
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Nursing care and research
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
Pennsylvania State University
2022-2024
University of Pennsylvania
2017-2019
RELX Group (United States)
2019
University of Kentucky
2018
Sapienza University of Rome
2018
University of Rome Tor Vergata
2018
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
2018
San Diego State University
2018
Background: Self-care is essential in people with chronic heart failure (HF). The process of self-care was refined the revised situation specific theory HF self-care, so we updated instrument measuring to match theory. aim this study test psychometric properties 29-item Self-Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI). Methods: A cross-sectional design used primary analysis using data collected at 5 sites United States. longitudinal site collecting test-retest data. We tested SCHFI validity...
The aim was to develop and psychometrically test the self-care of chronic illness Inventory, a generic measure self-care.Existing measures are disease-specific or behaviour-specific; no exists.Cross-sectional survey.We developed 20-item self-report instrument based on Middle Range Theory Self-Care Chronic Illness, with three separate scales measuring Maintenance, Monitoring, Management. Each is scored separately standardized 0-100 higher scores indicating better self-care. After...
Abstract Aims Patients with heart failure (HF) experience various signs and symptoms have difficulties in perceiving them. Integrating insights from patients who engaged the process of symptom perception is crucial for enhancing our understanding theoretical concept perception. This study aimed to describe how HF perceive through processes monitoring, awareness, evaluation what influences process. Methods results Using a qualitative descriptive design, we conducted in-person semi-structured...
Heart failure (HF) is a prevalent cause of emergency department (ED) visits among adults. However, there limited understanding the characteristics patients with HF who frequently utilize ED for symptom management. Aim: To describe factors associated revisits symptomatic chronic HF. Methods: We identified 1,472,083 adults (age ≥ 18 years) had no history left ventricular assist device or heart transplantation between January 2010 and March 2020 from TriNetX Research Network, which included 47...
Despite the high prevalence of depression in HF, little is known about how affects symptom perception processes monitoring, detection, and evaluation. If impairs perception, it may delay care-seeking. Aim: To explore influences HF perception. Methods: We enrolled a purposive sample patients with an unplanned hospitalization this convergent mixed-methods study. Semi-structured in-person interviews were used to monitored, detected, evaluated symptoms prior hospitalization. physical...
Perceiving symptoms is needed before one can respond to symptoms, but little known about the difficulties experienced by patients with heart failure (HF) as they engage in complex processes of symptom monitoring, awareness, and evaluation. Aim: To explore perception describe characteristics who consistently perceive HF symptoms. Methods: Using a convergent mixed methods design, we enrolled purposeful sample 40 adults an unplanned hospitalization for exacerbation. Quantitative data were...
Effective symptom perception may prevent unplanned hospitalizations. However, patients with heart failure (HF) often face challenges that interfere perception. Little is known about how perceive their HF symptoms. Aim: To describe symptoms through the processes of monitoring, awareness, and evaluation. Methods: Using a qualitative descriptive design, we conducted semi-structured in-person interviews purposeful sample adults experiencing an hospitalization for exacerbation. We elicited...