Izabella Uchmanowicz|Beata Jankowska?Pola?ska|Grzegorz Mazur|Erika Sivarajan Froelicher
Cognitive deficits and self-care behaviors in elderly adults with heart failure
Wroclaw Medical University|Wroclaw Medical University|Wroclaw Medical University|University of California, San Francisco
introduction elderly adults heart failure hf may problems selfcare behaviors cognitive deficits selfcare deficits found significantly associated negative health care outcomes among hf patients aim paper assess cognitive deficits level selfcare ability elderly patients hf determine relationship exists cognitive deficits selfcare materials methods study included 270 elderly patients mean age 725 years hf used mini mental state examination scale mmse evaluate cognitive functioning european heart failure selfcare behavior scale revised nineitem scale ehfscbs9 evaluate selfcare behaviors associations variables examined using multiple regression analysis results lower scores mmse ehfscbs9 questionnaires correlated older age living alone lower education longer duration illness higher number rehospitalizations well lower left ventricular ejection fraction higher new york heart association nyha class multiple regression analysis used evaluation impact following predictors mmse score age duration illness ejection fraction number hospitalizations sex residence education relationship status nyha class ehfscbs9 score conclusions elderly patients hf may worse selfcare behaviors cognitive deficits age strongest predictor worse mmse scores multidisciplinary health teams pay attention special needs elderly patients live illness many years social support living alone keywords selfcare behaviors aging care