[Self-care education during Cardiac Rehabilitation programs for patients with Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction: a Delphi Study]. / Educación en autocuidado durante programas de rehabilitación cardiaca para pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca con fracción de eyección preservada: estudio Delphi.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: To develop a decalogue of self-care competencies to manage educational intervention during Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) programs in Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) patients through multidisciplinary consensus. DESIGN: 3-round e-Delphi study using an initial questionnaire of 23 competencies based on the main recommendations of the CR and self-care guidelines. SITE It was framed under the ethics of a randomised clinical trial developed at the Regional Hospital of Malaga. The survey was designed and disseminated as an online questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS: The expert panel comprised two patients with HFpEF and 13 healthcare professionals from Internal Medicine (n=3), Cardiology (n=2), Physiotherapy (n=3), Nursing (n=3) and Occupational Therapy (n=2). METHOD: The analysis of results included the content validity index, the percentage of agreement, and the concordance using Fleiss Kappa and Krippendorff's alpha. RESULTS: After the third round, 20 self-care competencies were identified, grouped into 12 domains, with sufficient consensus for their inclusion in the decalogue. CONCLUSIONS: The decalogue of self-care competencies generated from the multidisciplinary consensus guides education in patients with HFpEF, systematically addressing educational content tailored to patients for clinical practice in CR programs.