Open AccessMutuality and heart failure self-care in patients and their informal caregivers
Author(s) -
Stephanie Ann Hooker,
Sarah J. Schmiege,
Ranak Trivedi,
Nicole R. Amoyal,
David B. Bekelman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of cardiovascular nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1873-1953
pISSN - 1474-5151
DOI - 10.1177/1474515117730184
Subject(s) - psychosocial , dyad , caregiver burden , medicine , intervention (counseling) , affect (linguistics) , partner effects , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , disease , developmental psychology , dementia , communication , pathology
Heart failure is a progressive condition characterized by frequent hospitalizations for exacerbated symptoms. Informal family caregivers may help patients improve self-care, which may in turn reduce hospitalizations. However, little is known about how mutuality, defined as the quality of the patient-caregiver relationship, and caregiver burden affect self-care.