Amninder Dhatt, Mojan Fazelipour, Tom Sun, Arwa Nemir, Kerry Wilbur
Health advocacy: A gulf between instruction and practice
Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning
heart failure leading cause hospital stays medical expenses fatalities severe problem worldwide public health successful heart failure therapy requires high level selfcare well devotion different elements treatment plan despite positive effects heart failure selfcare health outcomes many heart failure patients engage insufficient selfcare behaviors additionally conflicting information found regarding prevalence predictors selfcare behaviors ethiopia result reviews objective provide overview recent studies ethiopian heart failure patients selfcare practices used four databases pubmed science direct scopus google scholar eventually final systematic review metaanalysis contained eleven papers matched eligibility requirements systematic data extraction check list used extract data stata version 14 used analysis heterogeneity evaluated using i2 tests cochrane q test statistic examine publication bias funnel plot eggers weighted regression beggs test utilized pooled magnitude adherence selfcare 3525 95ci 27364314 predictors good adherence selfcare behavior includes heart failure knowledge odds ratio 526 95 ci 320865 absence depressive symptoms odds ratio 32095 ci118870 higher level education aor 30995ci145661 advanced new york heart association nyha class odds ratio 266 95 ci 139507 absence comorbidityodds ratio 292 95 ci169506 duration heart failure symptomsodds ratio 037 95 ci 024058 extent selfcare behavior adherence shown low among heart failure patients study showed positive relationship selfcare behavior factors proper understanding heart failure absence comorbidity depression higher levels education longer duration heart failure symptoms advanced classes heart failure disease therefore continuous health education given patients enhance understanding heart failure besides special attention given patients comorbidity depressive symptom