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ArticleNursing open2020

A qualitative study of living with the burden from heart failure treatment: Exploring the patient capacity for self-care.

Oda Karin Nordfonn, Ingvild Margreta Morken, Anne Marie Lunde Husebø

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Article in Nursing open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Symptom Management in Chronic Heart Failure: Strategies and Behaviours From Patients' Perspectives-A Scoping Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
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  16. Tools to Support Self-Care Monitoring at Home: Perspectives of Patients with Heart Failure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  19. A systematic review of the use of burden of treatment theory.Journal of multimorbidity and comorbidity
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Oda Karin NordfonnDepartment of Public Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stavanger Stavanger Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-7613-2689
Ingvild Margreta MorkenDepartment of Public Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stavanger Stavanger Norway.
Anne Marie Lunde HusebøDepartment of Public Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Stavanger Stavanger Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-7476-851X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aim: To explore how patients with heart failure perceive their capacity to manage treatment and self-care. Design: A qualitative descriptive study. Methods: Patients ( Results: Three main themes were identified as follows: "Personal characteristics," "Coping strategies" and "Emotional and informative support." The first main theme contained the subthemes "inherent strength" and "maintenance of a positive attitude." The second main theme included the subthemes "selective denial," "ability to adapt by setting new goals" and "careful selection of information." The third main theme contained the subthemes "support from health professionals enhancing patient capacity," "support from next of kin in patients' self-care" and "practical support and hope from peers."

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Heart FailureNursesAdaptation, PsychologicalHumansQualitative ResearchSelf Carecapacityheart failurenursesnursingqualitativequality of lifetreatment burden

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PMID32257268
PMCPMC7113501

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