Open AccessThe impact of health education on treatment outcomes in heart failure patients
Author(s) -
Natalia Świątoniowska-Lonc,
Agnieszka Sławuta,
Krzysztof Dudek,
Katarzyna Jankowska,
Beata JankowskaPolańska
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
advances in clinical and experimental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.486
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2451-2680
pISSN - 1899-5276
DOI - 10.17219/acem/115079
Subject(s) - medicine , scopus , meta analysis , quality of life (healthcare) , confidence interval , medline , patient education , heart failure , health education , physical therapy , health care , family medicine , intensive care medicine , public health , nursing , political science , law , economics , economic growth
In 2016 heart failure (HF) affected between 600,000 and 700,000 people in Poland being one of the most common causes of hospitalization and death. Health education is an elements of patient treatment aimed at improving the level of self-care and adherence to the treatment recommendations.