فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and Objectives: Congestive heart failure is one of the most commoncardiovascular diseases that have a progressive and chronic trend and influences individuals’and their families’ various dimensions. Social support is one of the psychosocial factors thatcan have a positive effect on individuals’ physical, mental and social status. Despite theexistence of evidences, revealing the importance of family’s support on patients’ condition,family centered supportive interventions with goal of clinical outcomes improvement havebeen less conducted among these patients. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigatethe effect of family supportive intervention on the level of the support, received among heartfailure patients. Materials and Methods: This is a two‑group two‑stage clinical trial, conductedon 64 patients with cardiac failure, referring to selected educational centers and meeting theinclusion criteria, who were selected through convenient sampling. They were assigned tostudy (n = 32) and control (n = 32) groups through random allocation. Data were collectedby questioning through a two‑section medical records questionnaire and were analyzed bySPSS. Results: Results of the study showed that mean scores of received support score were13.7 (3.8) in the study and 0.8 (2.4) in the control group. Independent t‑test showed a significantdifference in mean changes of perceived support scores after the intervention between studyand control groups (P < 0.001). Conclusions: Based on familial dimension in social supporthave a positive effect on patients’ perceived support. Nurses, as professional members ofhealth care team, and with an important role in education and care of cardiac failure patients,can support, educate and guide these patients through designing appropriate care plans andeducating their family members.