To adapt a questionnaire that assesses knowledge about heart failure (HF) and self-care and to analyze its content validity and reproducibility for use in Brazil. The questionnaire was validated through translation, summary, back-translation, expert committee review, pretest and assessment of psychometric properties. The final version (14 questions) was applied at the university hospital to HF outpatients under...
Introdução: Diferentes abordagens de enfermagem para educação no acompanhamento de pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca (IC) conduzidas em diversos cenários como ambiente hospitalar, ambulatorial, domiciliar e contato telefônico têm demonstrado benefícios da redução da morbimortalidade. No entanto, a combinação de um processo educativo intra-hospitalar com segmento telefônico após a alta permanece pouco explora...
The most important objective of heart failure (HF) treatment is to reach and preserve patients' clinical stability. Several studies have shown that programs aimed at systematic education, developed by multidisciplinary teams, are positive strategies to work with these patients. Nurses active in HF clinics play a fundamental role in the educational process and continuity of patient care. The objectives of these ...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) presents, besides the magnitude of epidemiological data, relevant characteristics, including frequent hospitalizations caused by severe signs and symptoms, which should be studied to reduce the negative impact of the disease on the public health system. With the advent of several clinical trials in the area of CHF, the treatment has become more complex, with the need of a more org...