This study aims to reveal the effect of perceived uncertainty on quality of life and self-care behaviors in HF patients with reduced ejection fraction. This descriptive and correlational study will include 122 HF patients hospitalized in the cardiology department of a university hospital in northern Turkey. The sample size was calculated according to parameters based on the power of 90%, 95% confidence interval, error level of 0.05, effect size of 0.59. Data will be collected by Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-Community Form (MUIS-C), Left Ventricular Disfunction Scale (LVD-36) and European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale (EHFSeBS). Data analysis will basically be done with Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA).
This study was planned as a descriptive and correlational type study to reveal the effect of perceived uncertainty by heart failure (HF) patients with reduced ejection fraction on quality of life and self-care behaviors. In this study, which aimed to reach 122 inpatients with HF, the dependent variables were quality of life and self-care behaviors, the independent variable will be perceived uncertainty. Data will be collected by Mishel Uncertainty in Illness Scale-Community Form (MUIS-C), Left Ventricular Disfunction Scale (LVD-36) and European Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale (EHFSeBS). Data analysis will basically be done with Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA).