The Efficacy of Self-care Behaviors, Educational Interventions, and Follow-up Strategies on Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates in Patients with Heart Failure: Self-care Behaviors in Heart Failure Patients

Self-care Behaviors in Heart Failure Patients

Authors

  • Maryam Ghorbanzadeh Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
  • Zahra Khosravirad Department of Quality Improvement in Kowsar Hospital, Shiraz, Iran
  • Mohammad Rostamzadeh Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
  • Shiva Azizi Department of Nursing, School of Nursing, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
  • Mehran Khodashenas School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
  • Babak Khodadoustan Shahraki Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  • Farangis Ghasemi Department of Biology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v12i.3116

Keywords:

Self-care, Heart Failure, Education, Patient Readmission, Hospitalization

Abstract

Heart failure (HF), a worldwide epidemic with significant morbidity and mortality risks, is frequently secondary to cardiovascular disorders and probably is the common final way to survive patients. Almost 25% of hospitalized patients with acute HF are expected to be readmitted within 30 days post-discharge, and the rates of rehospitalization increase to almost one-third at 60 days and 60 percent within one year of discharge. Although care planning for patients with heart failure is complex, multidisciplinary, and resource-dependent, optimal self-care management along with appropriate educational intervention and follow-up strategy could be able to reduce readmissions, decline the duration of hospitalization, increase life expectancy, decrease the rates of mortality, and reduce costs of healthcare services for patients with HF. However, there are contradictions in previous reports about the efficacy of self-care, mainly due to patients’ non-adherence to self-care behaviors. Therefore, the current study aimed to review the investigations on the effectiveness of self-care of HF patients in reducing hospital readmissions and increasing quality of life, and discuss novel approaches for predischarge educational interventions and postdischarge follow-up strategies.

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2023-12-01

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Ghorbanzadeh, M., Khosravirad, Z. ., Rostamzadeh, M. ., Azizi, S. ., Khodashenas, M. ., Khodadoustan Shahraki, B. ., & Ghasemi, F. . (2023). The Efficacy of Self-care Behaviors, Educational Interventions, and Follow-up Strategies on Hospital Readmission and Mortality Rates in Patients with Heart Failure: Self-care Behaviors in Heart Failure Patients: Self-care Behaviors in Heart Failure Patients. Galen Medical Journal, 12, e3116. https://doi.org/10.31661/gmj.v12i.3116

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