The relationship between frailty syndrome and self‑care ability in the elderly with heart failure
نویسندگان
1 1 Department of Nursing, Zeynab (P.B.U.H) School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
2 Department of Bioststistics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Nursing, Zeynab (P.B.U.H) School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
4 Department of Nursing, Zeynab (P.B.U.H) School of Nursing and Midwifery, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Identification of frailty syndrome in patients with heart failure can affect the processof the disease and their ability to self‑care. Considering the lack of a study on the relationshipbetween frailty syndrome and self‑care ability in the elderly with heart failure in the Guilan province,the North of Iran, this study was conducted to determine the relationship between fertility syndromeand self‑care ability in these patients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present cross‑sectional correlational study was conducted in2020. Research settings were the CCU and post CCU wards in the East Guilan public hospitals.The sample size was 125 people who were selected by the convenience sampling method. Theresearch tools include; Self‑Care Heart Failure Index and Tilburg Frailty Index Questionnaires. Datawere analyzed using SPSS software version 20 using descriptive and inferential statistics with asignificance level of 0.05.RESULTS: The results showed that the mean score of frailty syndrome in the elderly with heartfailure was 5.44 ± 2.47. In addition, the mean score of self‑care in the elderly with heart failure was67.16 ± 10.96. There was a significant and negative correlation between frailty syndrome and theability to care in the elderly with heart failure (P < 0.001, r = −0.358).CONCLUSIONS: According to the results, the elderly with fragility syndrome cannot take goodcare of themselves. This indicates that in the management of heart failure, the assessment of frailtysyndrome as a care/treatment goal in the care programs of these patients should be considered.
