ArticleThe Journal of cardiovascular nursing
Competence, Compassion, and Care of the Self: Family Caregiving Needs and Concerns in Heart Failure.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Caregiver burden in informal caregivers of cardiac patients: a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Caregivers' Contributions to Heart Failure Self-care: An Updated Systematic Review.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingPooled it
- Quality of Life, Anxiety, and Depression in Caregivers of Community-Dwelling Heart Failure Patients.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Long-Term Socioeconomic Impact of Informal Care Provided to Patients with Pacemakers: Remote vs. Conventional Monitoring.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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- Perceptions of Information and Communication Technology as Support for Family Members of Persons With Heart Failure: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Qualitative study of challenges of caring for a person with heart failure.Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)Article
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Abstract
backgroundFamily caregivers are essential to the well-being of patients with chronic heart failure (HF) because they provide care in managing complex medication regimens, dietary sodium restrictions, and symptoms.
objectiveThe purpose of this qualitative study was to gain a deeper understanding of the HF caregiving experience and describe the needs and concerns expressed by caregivers.
methodsQualitative descriptive methodology was conducted using data from responses to open-ended questions asked as part of a larger longitudinal study. The sample was 63 patients with HF and 63 family caregivers.
resultsUsing basic content analysis, the 3 main themes of needs and concerns that emerged were competence concerns, compassion maintenance, and care of the self. Subthemes of competence concerns were doing things right, making a serious mistake, and uncertainty.
conclusionsFamily caregivers of patients with HF had many needs and concerns about their competence in performing tasks, their compassion, and caring for themselves. Data can be used to design testable interventions to improve the HF caregiving experience for patients and caregivers.
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