Mohammed Assen Seid|Ousman Abubeker Abdela|Ejigu Gebeye Zeleke
Adherence to self-care recommendations and associated factors among adult heart failure patients. From the patients’ point of view
University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar
nowadays heart failure hf related morbidity mortality rate increasing globally younger populations happen affected hf sub saharan african western countries even though medications low sodium diet regular exercise weight monitoring essential control heart failure symptoms exacerbation poor adherence selfcare recommendations contributing increased hospitalization morbidity mortality therefore study aimed assess heart failure patients adherence selfcare recommendations associated factorsa hospitalbased crosssectional study conducted 310 adult heart failure patients attending gondar university referral hospital february may 2017 participants selected systematic random sampling technique data collected face face interview patients medical records data analyzed using spss version 20 binary logistic regression model used check effect different factors patients adherence levelof 310 study participants 223 95 ci 174268 heart failure patients reported good adherence selfcare recommendations adherence selfcare recommendation positively associated male gender aor 234 95 ci 118462 good level heart failure knowledge aor 249 95 ci 12764856 free chronic comorbid diseases aor 257 95 ci 128514overall heart failure patients adherence selfcare recommendations poor selective male gender chronic comorbidity good level heart failure knowledge positively associated adherence selfcare recommendations therefore strategic plan improving heart failure patients knowledge heart failure signs symptoms management approaches improve patients adherence level