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- Title
Self-care practices among heart failure patients: A cross-sectional study in Saudi population.
- Authors
Aljohani, Khalid A.
- Abstract
Objectives: To describe self-care practices among Saudi heart failure (HF) patients and identify sociodemographic characteristics contributing to self-care practices. Methods: A cross-sectional study utilizing the Arabic-language version of the revised Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI), version 7-2. A convenience sample of 245 people treated for HF at a tertiary heart center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were recruited from June to August 2020. Results: Statistical descriptions of SCHFI showed that confidence level was 84%, maintenance level was 67.5%, and monitoring level was 67.2%. Females' HF management (p=0.023) and confidence (p=0.002) were significantly higher than male participants. In addition, education level and employment status had a significant effect on HF monitoring with a p-value of 0.006 for the 4 employment categories Objectives: To describe self-care practices among Saudi heart failure (HF) patients and identify sociodemographic characteristics contributing to self-care practices. Methods: A cross-sectional study utilizing the Arabic-language version of the revised Self-Care of Heart Failure Index (SCHFI), version 7-2. A convenience sample of 245 people treated for HF at a tertiary heart center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia were recruited from June to August 2020. Results: Statistical descriptions of SCHFI showed that confidence level was 84%, maintenance level was 67.5%, and monitoring level was 67.2%. Females' HF management (p=0.023) and confidence (p=0.002) were significantly higher than male participants. In addition, education level and employment status had a significant effect on HF monitoring with a p-value of 0.006 for the 4 employment categories (F=[3,241]=4.06, p=0.008, η²=0.048). The effect size was small to medium for education level and employment status in the abovementioned results. Confidence significantly contributed to explaining all self-care sub-scale scores. Independent variables significantly predicted monitoring subscale scores (R²=0.082, F=[7,237]=3.027, p=0.005). Conclusion: Self-care practices in this study showed higher scores than those reported in international studies. Further studies are warranted to explore everyday self-care needs and challenges among HF patients.
- Subjects
SAUDI Arabia; HEART failure patients; CONVENIENCE sampling (Statistics); CROSS-sectional method; HEART failure; INDEPENDENT variables
- Publication
Saudi Medical Journal, 2023, Vol 44, Issue 3, p277
- ISSN
0379-5284
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15537/smj.2023.44.3.20220799