Rural Patients' Knowledge About Heart Failure.

CONCLUSIONS:: Patients who are at risk for poor self-care because of low levels of HF knowledge can be identified. Older patients, men, and, patients with HF with preserved systolic function may require special educational strategies to gain the knowledge required for effective self-care. PMID: 23839575 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23839575?dopt=Abstract

Source: Rural Remote Health - July 8, 2013 Category: Rural Health Authors: Dracup K, Moser DK, Pelter MM, Nesbitt T, Southard J, Paul SM, Robinson S, Hemsey JZ, Cooper L Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research