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| Content Provider | World Health Organization (WHO)-Global Index Medicus |
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| Author | Loo, Desmond Wai Yang Jiang, Ying Koh, Karen Wei Ling Lim, Fui Ping Wang, Wenru |
| Description | Country affiliation: Singapore Author Affiliation: Loo DW ( National University Hospital, Singapore.); Jiang Y ( Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.); Koh KW ( National University Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore); Lim FP ( Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.); Wang W ( Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: nurww@nus.edu.sg.) |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND: Chronic heart failure (CHF) remains as a debilitating disease that has high mortality among adults worldwide. CHF negatively impacts an individual's health-related quality of life (HRQoL), but only few studies have investigated such an impact in the Asian population. AIMS: This study aims to investigate the HRQoL of outpatients with CHF and identify its predictors among this group of patients in Singapore. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive correlational study. A convenience sampling of 121 outpatients with CHF was recruited from a public hospital over 5 months. The Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ), Short Form-Cardiac Depression Scale, Cardiac Self-Efficacy Scale, and Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey were used to measure the study variables. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the HRQoL as assessed using the MLHFQ between gender, educational level, and primary caregiver status (p<0.05). Self-efficacy (ß=0.637, p<0.001) and depression (ß=-0.220, p<0.001) were found to be the predictors of the HRQoL in outpatients with CHF, accounting for 67.9% of variance. CONCLUSION: The results of the study indicated that lower levels of self-efficacy and depression predicted poor HRQoL. Nursing care should focus on detecting depressive symptoms in patients with CHF. A program facilitating better self-care is important in CHF management. |
| File Format | HTM / HTML |
| ISSN | 08971897 |
| Journal | Applied Nursing Research |
| Volume Number | 32 |
| e-ISSN | 15328201 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Publisher Date | 2016-11-01 |
| Publisher Place | United States |
| Access Restriction | One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) |
| Subject Keyword | Discipline Nursing |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nursing |
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