A Systematic Review of Heart Failure Dyadic Self-care Interventions Focusing on Intervention Components, Contexts, and Outcomes

Having support from an informal carer is important for heart failure patients. Carers have the potential to improve patient self-care. At the same time, it should be acknowledged that caregiving could affect the carer negatively and cause emotional reactions of burden and stress. Dyadic (patient and informal carer) heart failure self-care interventions seek to improve patient self-care such as adherence to medical treatment, exercise training, symptom monitoring and symptom management when needed.

Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - October 19, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Harleah G. Buck, Anna Stromberg, Misook Chung, Kristine A. Donovan, Karen Harkness, Allison M. Howard, Naoko Kato, Randall Polo, Lorraine S. Evangelista Source Type: research