Mutuality and heart failure self-care in patients and their informal caregivers | Zendy

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Mutuality 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.

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