ReviewNature reviews. Cardiology2011
Self care in patients with chronic heart failure.
Review in Nature reviews. Cardiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 102 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The Impact of Heart Failure Center Program on The Progression of Biomarkers, Changes in Life Quality, Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, and Cardiac Outcomes in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure
Fitness Intensive Therapy (Get FIT) to Promote Healthy Living in Older Adults
Who cites it
102 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 293 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital Health Interventions for Heart Failure Management in Underserved Rural Areas of the United States: A Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2024Pooled it
- Self-care behaviour and associated factors among heart failure patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Fatigue in Persons With Heart Failure: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Synthesis Using the Biopsychosocial Model of Health.Journal of cardiac failure · 2022Pooled it
- Change starts with the body: Interoceptive appreciation mediates the effect of mindfulness training on behavior change - an effect moderated by depression severity.Psychiatry research · 2024Trial
- Perceptions of HIV-Related Comorbidities and Usability of a Virtual Environment for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Education in Sexual Minority Men With HIV: Formative Phases of a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Trajectory of self-care in people with stable heart failure and insomnia after two self-care interventions.Patient education and counseling · 2022Trial
- Effect of a self-care educational intervention to improve self-care adherence among patients with chronic heart failure: a clustered randomized controlled trial in Northwest Ethiopia.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Trial
- Predictors of Adherence to Self-Care in Rural Patients With Heart Failure.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2020Trial
- Post-discharge short message service improves short-term clinical outcome and self-care behaviour in chronic heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2019Trial
- Long-term effects of a dyadic psycho-educational intervention on caregiver burden and morbidity in partners of patients with heart failure: a randomized controlled trial.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2017Trial
- Motivational interviewing to improve self-care for patients with chronic heart failure: MITI-HF randomized controlled trial.Patient education and counseling · 2016Trial
- Trial
- Motivational Interviewing Tailored Interventions for Heart Failure (MITI-HF): study design and methods.Contemporary clinical trials · 2015Trial
- Knowledge is insufficient for self-care among heart failure patients with psychological distress.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2014Trial
- Shared heart failure knowledge and self-care outcomes in patient-caregiver dyads.Heart & lung : the journal of critical careTrial
- Global Trends in Heart Failure Self-Care Research: A Bibliometric and Visual Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The process of self-care in patients with heart failure after nurse-assisted remote patient monitoring: A qualitative longitudinal approach.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Patient experience of treatment burden in chronic heart failure self-care interventions: a qualitative systematic review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Background and design of the Physical Frailty and Symptom Monitoring and Management Behaviors in Heart Failure (PRISM-HF) study: A mixed methods study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Review
- Health Literacy-Based Heart Failure Self-care (H2Lit) Application: Development and Usability Testing.Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN · 2025Article
42 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
'Heart failure self care' refers to the practices in which patients engage to maintain their own health, and to the decisions that they make about managing signs or symptoms. In this article, we base our discussion of self care in chronic heart failure on the classification of patients as being 'expert', inconsistent', or 'novice' in heart failure self-care behaviors. The available literature on factors predicting heart failure self care and its outcomes are reviewed within this context. Factors known to influence heart failure self care include experience with the illness, physical functioning, depression and anxiety, social support, daytime sleepiness, and attitudes such as confidence. Further research is needed to understand the contributions of comorbidities, patient sex, and health disparities on heart failure self care. The evidence to support a link between heart failure self care and health outcomes is limited, but early evidence suggests that adequate self care is associated with an improvement in health status, a decrease in the number and duration of hospitalizations, and a decline in levels of biomarkers of stress and inflammation, and in intrathoracic impedance. Implications of heart failure self care for clinical practice, policy, and public health are also described.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.