Self‐care of heart failure patients: practical management recommendations from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

Self‐care is essential in the long‐term management of chronic heart failure. Heart failure guidelines stress the importance of patient education on treatment adherence, lifestyle changes, symptom monitoring and adequate response to possible deterioration. Self‐care is related to medical and person‐c...

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Published in:European journal of heart failure 2021-01, Vol.23 (1), p.157-174
Main Authors: Jaarsma, Tiny, Hill, Loreena, Bayes‐Genis, Antoni, La Rocca, Hans‐Peter Brunner, Castiello, Teresa, Čelutkienė, Jelena, Marques‐Sule, Elena, Plymen, Carla M., Piper, Susan E., Riegel, Barbara, Rutten, Frans H., Ben Gal, Tuvia, Bauersachs, Johann, Coats, Andrew J.S., Chioncel, Ovidiu, Lopatin, Yuri, Lund, Lars H., Lainscak, Mitja, Moura, Brenda, Mullens, Wilfried, Piepoli, Massimo F., Rosano, Giuseppe, Seferovic, Petar, Strömberg, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Disease Management
Heart failure
Lifestyle
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Patient education
Position Paper
Self‐care
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Summary:Self‐care is essential in the long‐term management of chronic heart failure. Heart failure guidelines stress the importance of patient education on treatment adherence, lifestyle changes, symptom monitoring and adequate response to possible deterioration. Self‐care is related to medical and person‐centred outcomes in patients with heart failure such as better quality of life as well as lower mortality and readmission rates. Although guidelines give general direction for self‐care advice, health care professionals working with patients with heart failure need more specific recommendations. The aim of the management recommendations in this paper is to provide practical advice for health professionals delivering care to patients with heart failure. Recommendations for nutrition, physical activity, medication adherence, psychological status, sleep, leisure and travel, smoking, immunization and preventing infections, symptom monitoring, and symptom management are consistent with information from guidelines, expert consensus documents, recent evidence and expert opinion.
ISSN:1388-9842
1879-0844
1879-0844
DOI:10.1002/ejhf.2008