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- Title
Prospective memory and chronic heart failure.
- Authors
Habota, Tina; Cameron, Jan; McLennan, Skye N.; Ski, Chantal F.; Thompson, David R.; Rendell, Peter G.
- Abstract
Background: Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) experience a number of debilitating symptoms, which impact on activities of daily living and result in poor quality of life. Prospective memory, which is defined as memory to carry out future intentions, has not been investigated in this group. However, emerging evidence suggests CHF patients have difficulties with cognitive processes related to prospective memory. Self-care, which partly relies on prospective memory, is essential in symptom management and preventing acute clinical deterioration. This study aims to measure prospective memory in CHF patients, and examine the relationship between prospective memory and CHF self-care. Methods/Design: A comprehensive neuropsychological assessment will be conducted to assess a range of cognitive functions and psychopathology. The primary focus will be an assessment of prospective memory using a well-established behavioral measure; Virtual Week. Thirty CHF patients attending a nurse-led management program will be recruited from three hospital sites in Melbourne, Australia and their self-care behaviors will be assessed using the Self-care Chronic Heart Failure Index (SCHFI), a validated self-report tool. An additional 30 healthy controls, matched on age, gender, and IQ will be recruited from the general community. Discussion: This is a group comparison study that will provide an evaluation of the prospective memory abilities of CHF patients. The findings of this research will provide insight into whether prospective memory may be hindering patients' ability to perform adequate self-care.
- Subjects
HEART failure patients; PROSPECTIVE memory; HEALTH self-care; COGNITIVE ability; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PATHOLOGICAL psychology
- Publication
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2013, Vol 13, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2261
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2261-13-63