Self-management status and influencing factors of elderly patients with chronic heart failure in Inner Mongolia
Chunhua Wan, Youqing Peng, Jing Chen, Xiaoyan Ma, Jie Yang, Yuanyuan Jin, Difan Li, Jing Pan
Published 2019-10-16
Cite as Chin J Mod Nurs, 2019, 25(29): 3761-3764. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.29.011
Abstract
ObjectiveTo investigate the level of self-management and identify the influencing factors in elderly patients in Inner Mongolia with chronic heart failure (CHF) .
MethodsBy convenience sampling, a total of 1 051 elder patients with CHF from 9 Class Ⅱ & Ⅲ hospitals in 5 cities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region were recruited to participate in this study from December of 2015 to July of 2018. The elderly CHF patients were investigated with General Data Questionnaire and Self-management Scale for Heart Failure Patients.
ResultsThe total score of Self-management Scale for Heart Failure Patientsof 1 051 elderly patients with CHF was (47.9±7.7) with a scoring rate of 59.9%. Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that ethnicity, work status and marital status were the influencing factors of self-management level of elderly CHF patients.
ConclusionsThe self-management status of elderly CHF patients in Inner Mongolia is not ideal. Corresponding intervention measures should be formulated according to the influencing factors of self-management level of elderly CHF patients in Inner Mongolia.
Key words:
Chronic heart failure; Self-management; Influencing factors
Contributor Information
Chunhua Wan
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200029, China
Youqing Peng
Nursing Department, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200120
Jing Chen
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200029, China
Xiaoyan Ma
Intensive Care Unit, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200120, China
Jie Yang
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200029, China
Yuanyuan Jin
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200029, China
Difan Li
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200029, China
Jing Pan
Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200029, China