The correlation between self-care, self-efficacy and self-control in patients with heart failure in Farshchian hospital in Hamadan

Document Type : Original article

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1 Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and midwifery, Hamadan University of medical sciences, Hamadan, Iran

2 Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of medical sciences, Hamadan, Iran

3 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Hamadan University of medical sciences, Hamadan, Iran

4 Faculty of Nursing and midwifery, Hamadan University of medical sciences, Hamadan, Iran

10.22038/nnj.2024.78012.1436

Abstract

Background & Aim: Patients with heart failure need to do their own self-care behaviors in order to cope with the complications of their illness. Self-efficacy and self-control are the most important determinants of compliance with proper self-care behaviors in patients. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between self-care, self-efficacy and self-control in patients with heart failure in the specialized Farshchian heart center of Hamadan province.
Methods & Materials: This descriptive correlational study was performed on 181 patients with heart failure who were referred to the specialized Farshchian heart center of Hamadan. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and three questionnaires of self-care behaviors questionnaire, self-efficacy questionnaire (SUPPH) and Julian Rater's Self-Control Questionnaire. After determining the validity and reliability of the tools, the data were collected and analyzed by statistical software Spss/16.
Results: 55.2% of the samples were in the age group of 45-60 years old and 82.9% of them were male. The mean of self-care score 4.44 ± 0.512 (good), self-efficacy 3.88 ± 0.533 (good) and self-control 3.15 ± 0.306 (good) was obtained. In correlation between all three components, there was only a direct correlation between self-care and self-efficacy (r = 0.376, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Self-care, self-efficacy and self-control in patients with heart failure are good and acceptable. Regarding self-care relationship with self-efficacy, proper measures are needed to improve self-efficacy of these patients and consequently strengthening self-care behaviors is necessary.

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