Status and demographic influencing factors analysis of self-management in community-dwelling elderly ;patients with chronic heart failure

VernacularTitle:社区老年慢性心力衰竭患者自我管理现状及人口学因素分析
Author: Xiaoshan RONG ¹ ; Youqing PENG ; Hua WANG
Author Information

1. 200092 上海，同济大学医学院
Keywords: Heart failure; Self-management; Influencing factors
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2016;22(16):2221-2225
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the status of self-management in community-dwelling elderly patients with chronic heart failure in Pudong district and analyze demographic influence factors.Methods A total of 328 patients with chronic heart failure were randomly selected from 4 Shanghai Pudong community centers based on cluster sampling method and were investigated via heart failure self management scale.Results The total score of self-management of chronic heart failure patients was (51 .3 ±8.3),within which the scores of medication management,dietary management,psychological and social management and symptom management were (1 4.5 ±2.7),(9.1 ±2.0),(1 2.2 ±3.1 )and (1 5.5 ±3.9).Gender,religion and self-care ability were the main influencing factors of self-management,which accounted for 9% of variation.Conclusions The self-management of community-dwelling elderly patients with chronic heart failure is medium level.The self-management ability of chronic heart failure patients are affected by many factors.Targeted nursing should be performed to improve patients′self-management.