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f-care promotion program for people with heart failure psihologija / sociala in zdravje starejših odraslih | psychology / social and health of the elderly
Jasna Kovač, Sanela Aljija, Tamara Arh, Urška Ugovšek
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction. Statistics show that heart failure is a major public health problem,
and in the population that continues to remain, the disease will only increase.
Self-care includes activities performed by the patient to maintain life, healthy
functioning, and well-being. Self-care in heart failure can be defined as a deci-
sion-making process that influences measures that maintain physiological sta-
bility, facilitate the perception of symptoms and the response to them. Coping
with heart failure is often complicated, beause it involves a complex treatment
regimen.
Methods. A descriptive method of working with a review of Slovenian and for-
eign literature using the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PubMed and MedNar.
The Google Scholar web browser was also used to search the literature. We
were looking for literature that was published from 2010 to 2020, the focus
was on more recent literature.
Results. Preventive activities in self-care measures reduce direct and indirect
health care expenditure, so hospitalization is increased due to the health-re-
lated quality of life of patients. With different coping strategies (selective deni-
al, goal setting) patients with heart failure achieved a better clinical outcome. In
the future, we can expect a big increase in the need for appropriate therapeu-
tic tools and approaches, in connection with heart failure. Above all, the need
for education, self-care control and therapy titration. Solutions that will allow
patients with heart failure to be treated appropriately are needed.
Discussion and Conclusion. Heart failure is a medical condition with frequent
hospitalizations, high mortality, and high treatment costs. It is extremely im-
portant to involve patients in health education programs that encourage them
to take active care of their health, to acquire the necessary knowledge and
skills, and to form a positive attitude and behavioral patterns for a healthy life-
style. Only through the joint action of all stakeholders in the field of health,
the economy, the non-governmental sector and others can we achieve better
health for all of us.
Keywords: heart failure, health promotion, self-care, self-management
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Jasna Kovač, Sanela Aljija, Tamara Arh, Urška Ugovšek
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Introduction. Statistics show that heart failure is a major public health problem,
and in the population that continues to remain, the disease will only increase.
Self-care includes activities performed by the patient to maintain life, healthy
functioning, and well-being. Self-care in heart failure can be defined as a deci-
sion-making process that influences measures that maintain physiological sta-
bility, facilitate the perception of symptoms and the response to them. Coping
with heart failure is often complicated, beause it involves a complex treatment
regimen.
Methods. A descriptive method of working with a review of Slovenian and for-
eign literature using the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PubMed and MedNar.
The Google Scholar web browser was also used to search the literature. We
were looking for literature that was published from 2010 to 2020, the focus
was on more recent literature.
Results. Preventive activities in self-care measures reduce direct and indirect
health care expenditure, so hospitalization is increased due to the health-re-
lated quality of life of patients. With different coping strategies (selective deni-
al, goal setting) patients with heart failure achieved a better clinical outcome. In
the future, we can expect a big increase in the need for appropriate therapeu-
tic tools and approaches, in connection with heart failure. Above all, the need
for education, self-care control and therapy titration. Solutions that will allow
patients with heart failure to be treated appropriately are needed.
Discussion and Conclusion. Heart failure is a medical condition with frequent
hospitalizations, high mortality, and high treatment costs. It is extremely im-
portant to involve patients in health education programs that encourage them
to take active care of their health, to acquire the necessary knowledge and
skills, and to form a positive attitude and behavioral patterns for a healthy life-
style. Only through the joint action of all stakeholders in the field of health,
the economy, the non-governmental sector and others can we achieve better
health for all of us.
Keywords: heart failure, health promotion, self-care, self-management
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