عنوان المقالة:تقييم سلوكيات الرعاية الذاتية لمرضى قصور القلب الاحتقاني: (إرشادات التمريض المقترحة) Assessment of Self Care Behaviors of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: (Suggested Nursing Guidelines)
Esraa Nabil Mohammed, Ghona Abd El-naser Ali, Attyiat Hassan Hussein & Ahmed Aly Obiedallah
Abstract
Aim: to assess self care behavior of patients with heart failure, design suggested nursing guidelines for patients with
heart failure. Subjects and methods; The study was conducted in the internal medicine department and cardiac
clinic at Assiut University Hospital. A convenience sample of 60 adult patients with congestive heart failure grade I,
II, III from both males and females aged between (18-65) years old were included in this study. Tools; Tool (1)
patient assessment sheet and Tool (2) Heart Failure Self-Care behavior Scale. Results; The findings revealed that
the majority of patients aged between (41-60) yrs old, regarding to patient’s knowledge, (60%) of patients had
unsatisfactory level of knowledge, there was a statistical significant relation between self care behavior and
knowledge. Conclusion; Based on findings of the present study, it can be concluded that, patients were not adherent
to self care behaviors; Socio demographic characteristic had clear effect on the knowledge of the patients. Also, the
study concluded high percentage from patients had poor knowledge which affected on patients self care behavior;
results of this study could be useful for the development of nursing interventions that can promote/improve self-care
in this population. Recommendations: Health education including the suggested nursing guidelines for patients
with congestive heart failure is mandatory to improve self care behavior.
غني عبد الناصر علي محمد | Ghona Abd El-nasser Ali | 10684