Evaluation of the effect of perceived social support on promoting self-care behaviors of heart failure patients referred to the cardiovascular research center of Isfahan
Joint Authors
al-Khalidi, Ghulam Hasan
Afza, Hamid Rida Ruh
Mustafawi, Firuzh
Akbar, Hasan Zadah
Islami, Ahmad Ali
Source
Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 6 (30 Jun. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2015-06-30
Country of Publication
United Arab Emirates
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background : Self-care is one of the most important aspects of treatment in patients with heart failure and ranks among the most important coping strategies against the events and stresses of life.
Perceived social support plays an important role in performing self-care behaviors in these patients.
Objectives : This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of perceived social support on promoting self-care behaviors among heart failure patients.
Patients and Methods: This educational intervention with a randomized control group was performed on 64 heart failure patients referred to The Cardiovascular Research Center of Isfahan.
The study population was divided randomly into two groups of intervention and control.
The indicators of self-care behavior and perceived social support (before, immediately after, and 2 months after the intervention) were completed by the two groups.
The intervention group received educational interventions in 120-minute sessions once a week for 4 weeks.
SPSS software (version 20) was used for data analysis in addition to methods of descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results : Based on the obtained results, educational intervention was effective in the improvement of perceived social support among our heart failure patients.
The results also showed that an increase in perceived social support significantly promoted self-care behaviors in the case group after the intervention compared with the control group (P < 0.001).
Conclusions : Perceived social support played an important role in improving the performance of self-care behaviors in our heart failure patients.
Given the strengths of the present study, these findings can be considered in future research in this domain.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Khalidi, Ghulam Hasan& Islami, Ahmad Ali& Afza, Hamid Rida Ruh& Mustafawi, Firuzh& Akbar, Hasan Zadah. 2015. Evaluation of the effect of perceived social support on promoting self-care behaviors of heart failure patients referred to the cardiovascular research center of Isfahan. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 17, no. 6, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-594056
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Khalidi, Ghulam Hasan…[et al.]. Evaluation of the effect of perceived social support on promoting self-care behaviors of heart failure patients referred to the cardiovascular research center of Isfahan. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 17, no. 6 (Jun. 2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-594056
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Khalidi, Ghulam Hasan& Islami, Ahmad Ali& Afza, Hamid Rida Ruh& Mustafawi, Firuzh& Akbar, Hasan Zadah. Evaluation of the effect of perceived social support on promoting self-care behaviors of heart failure patients referred to the cardiovascular research center of Isfahan. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2015. Vol. 17, no. 6, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-594056
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 6-7
Record ID
BIM-594056