Caregivers' Contributions to Heart Failure Self-care: An Updated Systematic Review

CONCLUSIONS: Newly identified caregiver-reported activities support updating the theory of self-care in chronic illness to include activities currently considered ancillary to HF self-care. Identified gaps highlight the need to define specific caregiving activities, determine task difficulty and burden, and identify caregiver self-care strategy and education needs. Exposing the hidden work of caregiving is essential to inform policy and practice.PMID:38306302 | DOI:10.1097/JCN.0000000000001060

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - February 2, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Harleah G Buck Chelsea Howland Michael A Stawnychy Heba Aldossary Yamnia I Cort és Jennifer DeBerg Angela Durante Lucinda J Graven Elliane Irani Saida Jaboob Angela Massouh Natany Da Costa Ferreira Oberfrank Martha Abshire Saylor Rachel K Wion Julie T Bi Source Type: research