The relationship between self-care, long-term mortality, and heart failure hospitalization: insights from a real-world cohort study.
Esther Calero-MolinaEncarna HidalgoLaia RosenfeldJose Maria Verdú-RotellarJose Verdú-SorianoAlberto GarayLidia AlcoberroSantiago Jimenez-MarreroPaloma GarcimartinSergi YunCarmen GuerreroPedro MolinerCristina DelsoLaia AlcoberCristina Enjuanes GrauJosep Comin-ColetPublished in: European journal of cardiovascular nursing : journal of the Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
In this study, we have shown that worse self-care is an independent predictor of long-term mortality (both, all-cause and CV), HF hospitalization, and the combinations of these endpoints in patients with chronic HF. Important dimensions of self-care such as autonomy-based adherence and consulting behaviour also determine the risk of all these outcomes in the long term.