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Abstract

Background: Heart failure (HF) is a progressive and debilitating condition that represents an ever-growing problem for health systems worldwide. HF patients feel that they are a burden on their families, they feel socially isolated and have a low perception of their health. Accordingly, the objectives of this study were to: (1) to explore the profile of care dependency in a representative sample of Spanish HF patients through the Care Dependency Scale (CDS), and (2) to identify correlates of care dependency in this population. Material and Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of 187 patients admitted for HF decompensation to the Hospital Clínico of Zaragoza (Spain). Results: Only 15% of our sample was highly or completely dependent on care from others. More specifically, our results indicate that HF patients felt a greater level of dependency on care from others when it comes to moving, getting dressed and undressed, maintaining good personal hygiene, participating in daily and recreational activities and being continent. Conclusions: We find association between the CDS categories that present a low score for care dependency in HF patients and the patients’ physical deterioration.

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Title
Care Dependency in Patients with Heart Failure: A Cross-Sectional Study in Spain
Author
Juárez-Vela, Raúl 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Durante, Ángela 2 ; Pellicer-García, Begoña 3 ; Cardoso-Muñoz, Antonio 4 ; Criado-Gutiérrez, José María 5 ; Antón-Solanas, Isabel 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gea-Caballero, Vicente 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Research Group GRUPAC and Research Institute IDI-Paz, School of Nursing, University of La Rioja, 26004 Logroño, Spain; [email protected] 
 Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy; [email protected] 
 Aragón Health Care Service, Primary Care Center of Andorra, 44500 Andorra, Spain; [email protected] 
 Institute of Neurosciences of Castile and León, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain 
 Institute of Neurosciences of Castile and León, Faculty of Medicine, University of Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain; [email protected] 
 Department of Physiatry and Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain 
 Research Group GREIACC, Health Research Institute La Fe, Nursing School La Fe, Adscript Center of University of Valencia, 46026 Valencia, Spain; [email protected] 
First page
7042
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
MDPI AG
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
1660-4601
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2635381527
Copyright
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.