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OBJECTIVE: Clinicians worldwide seek to educate and support heart failure patients to engage in self-care. We aimed to describe self-care behaviors of patients from 15 countries across three continents. METHODS: Data on self-care were pooled from 5964 heart failure patients from the United States, Europe, Australasia and South America. Data on self-care were collected with the Self-care of Heart Failure Index or the European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale. RESULTS: In all the samples, most patients reported taking their medications as prescribed but exercise and weight monitoring were low. In 14 of the 22 samples, more than 50% of the patients reported low exercise levels. In 16 samples, less than half of the patients weighed themselves regularly, with large differences among the countries. Self-care with regard to receiving an annual flu shot and following a low sodium diet varied most across the countries. CONCLUSION: Self-care behaviors are sub-optimal in heart failure patients and need to be improved worldwide. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Interventions that focus on specific self-care behaviors may be more effective than general educational programs. Changes in some health care systems and national policies are needed to support patients with heart failure to increase their self-care behavior.
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Health Behavior , Heart Failure/therapy , Self Care , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Australasia , Europe , Female , Humans , Internationality , Male , Middle Aged , Patient Compliance , South America , United StatesABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To adapt and validate a Brazilian Portuguese version of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale. METHODS: The cross-cultural adaptation (translation, synthesis, back-translation, expert committee review, and pretesting) and validation (assessment of face validity, content validity, and internal consistency reliability) were carried out in accordance with the literature. The European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale assesses key components of self-care: recognition of the signs and symptoms of decompensated heart failure (HF) and decision-making when these signs and symptoms arise. It comprises 12 items (range 12-60, where lower scores indicate better self-care). RESULTS: The sample comprised 124 HF patients with a mean age of 62.3 ± 12 years. The Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency was 0.70 and the intraclass correlation coefficient for reproducibility was 0.87. CONCLUSION: Face and content validity, internal consistency and reproducibility have lended validity and reliability for the use of the instrument in Brazil.
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Cultural Characteristics , Heart Failure/therapy , Self Care , Surveys and Questionnaires , Brazil , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , TranslationsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To adapt and validate a Brazilian Portuguese version of the European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale. METHODS: The cross-cultural adaptation (translation, synthesis, back-translation, expert committee review, and pretesting) and validation (assessment of face validity, content validity, and internal consistency reliability) were carried out in accordance with the literature. The European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale assesses key components of self-care: recognition of the signs and symptoms of decompensated heart failure (HF) and decision-making when these signs and symptoms arise. It comprises 12 items (range 12-60, where lower scores indicate better self-care). RESULTS: The sample comprised 124 HF patients with a mean age of 62.3 ± 12 years. The Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency was 0.70 and the intraclass correlation coefficient for reproducibility was 0.87. CONCLUSION: Face and content validity, internal consistency and reproducibility have lended validity and reliability for the use of the instrument in Brazil.
OBJETIVO: adaptar e validar a European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale para uso na língua portuguesa do Brasil. MÉTODOS: o processo de adaptação cultural (tradução, síntese, retrotradução, revisão por comitê de especialistas e pré-teste) e validação (validade de face, de conteúdo e fidedignidade) foi realizado de acordo com a literatura. A European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale avalia os componentes-chave para o autocuidado: reconhecimento dos sinais e sintomas de descompensação da insuficiência cardíaca (IC) e a tomada de decisão na ocorrência desses sintomas. É composta por 12 questões (variando de 12-60, baixos escores indicam melhor autocuidado). RESULTADOS: foram incluídos 124 pacientes com IC com idade de 62,3±12 anos. A consistência interna das questões apresentou um alfa de Cronbach de 0,70 e a reprodutibilidade avaliada pelo coeficiente de correlação intraclasse foi de 0,87. CONCLUSÃO: a validade de face, de conteúdo, a consistência interna e a reprodutibilidade conferiram validade e fidedignidade ao instrumento para uso no Brasil.
OBJETIVO: Adaptar y validar European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale para uso en lengua portuguesa de Brasil. MÉTODOS: El proceso de adaptación cultural (traducción, síntesis, retro traducción, revisión por comité de expertos y pré test), validación (validez de facie, de contenido y confiabilidad) fue realizado según la literatura. La European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale evalúa los componentes-clave para el auto cuidado: reconocimiento de señales y síntomas de descompensación de insuficiencia cardiaca (IC) y la decisión cuando ocurren dichos síntomas. Se compone de 12 cuestiones (que van desde 12-60, en donde las puntuaciones bajas indican peor autocuidado). RESULTADOS: Fueron inclusos 124 pacientes con IC, con edad entre 62,3 ±12 años. La consistencia interna de las cuestiones presentó un Alfa de Cronbach de 0,70 y la reproducibilidad evaluada por el coeficiente de correlación. CONCLUSIÓN: La validad de fase, de contenido, la consistencia interna y la reproducibilidad concedieron validad y confiabilidad al instrumento para uso en Brasil.