Self-awareness of heart failure in the oldest old-an observational study of participants, ≥ 80 years old, with an objectively verified heart failure.

Summary, in English

One of the primary reasons for hospitalisation among elderly individuals with heart failure (HF) is poor self-care. Self-awareness of having HF may be a key-element in successful self-care. The prevalence of self-awareness of HF, and how it is affected by age-and HF-related factors, remains poorly understood. The aims of the present study were to determine the prevalence of self-awareness of HF in participants, ≥ 80 years of age, and to investigate the association between this self-awareness and age-related and HF-related factors.

• Author: Suzana Selan; Arkadiusz Siennicki-Lantz; Johan Berglund; Cecilia Fagerström
• Department/s: Health promotion in nursing care; Geriatric Medicine
• Publishing year: 2016
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: BMC Geriatrics
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791263?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0195-4
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: BioMed Central (BMC)
• Topic: Geriatrics
• Status: Published
• Research group: Health promotion in nursing care; Geriatric Medicine
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1471-2318