Does Health Literacy Affect Self-Care in Patients with Heart Failure?

ERÜNAL M., MERT H.

JNP-JOURNAL FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS, vol.16, no.9, pp.699-702, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2020.07.016
  • Journal Name: JNP-JOURNAL FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, ASSIA, CINAHL
  • Page Numbers: pp.699-702
  • Keywords: heart failure, health literacy, nursing, nurse practitioner, self-care, CHALLENGE, ADHERENCE, KNOWLEDGE, OUTCOMES
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Low health literacy may be one reason that patients with heart failure fail to take care of their health. We examined the effect of health literacy on self-care in patients with heart failure. The study was conducted between September 1, 2016, and September 1, 2017, with 110 patients in a university hospital. Data were collected using the European Health Literacy Survey and the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index. Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis were used. Study results revealed that health literacy significantly affected all scales of the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index. Based on these results, we recommend implementation of interventions designed to increase patients' health literacy. (c) 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.