The Impact of Self-management Knowledge and Support on the Relationships Among Self-efficacy, Patient Activation, and Self-management in Rural Patients With Heart Failure.

CONCLUSIONS: Study findings suggest that targeted SM support for high-risk HF patients with low SM knowledge and support may be useful. In addition, strategies to increase patient activation may improve HF patients' SM confidence. PMID: 28060085 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28060085?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - January 4, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Young L, Kupzyk K, Barnason S Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research