Document Type
Article
Journal Title
F1000Research
Publication Date
Summer 6-11-2015
Volume
4
Abstract
Non-adherence to self-management guidelines accounted for 50% of hospital readmissions in heart failure patients. Evidence showed that patient activation affects self-management behaviors in populations living with chronic conditions. The purpose of this study was to describe patient activation level and its relationship with knowledge, self-efficacy and self-management behaviors in heart failure patients discharged from rural hospitals. Our study populations were recruited from two hospitals in rural areas of Nebraska. We found that two-thirds of the participants reported low activation levels (e.g., taking no action to manage their heart failure condition). In addition, low patient activation levels were associated with inadequate heart failure knowledge (p=.005), low self-efficacy (p
DOI Link
ISSN
2046-1402
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Recommended Citation
Do, Van; Young, Lufei; Barnason, Sue; and Tran, Hoang, "Relationships between activation level, knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-management behavior in heart failure patients discharged from rural hospitals." (2015). Journal Articles: College of Nursing. 9.
https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/con_articles/9