Autocuidado en personas con insuficiencia cardíaca. Montería, 2022

Objective: To evaluate the self-care index of people with heart failure hospitalized in a health institution in the city of Montería-Córdoba in the second semester of 2022. Methodology: Descriptive, cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. The population corresponded to a total of 39 patients with Heart Failure who were admitted to the study scenario institution during the months of August, September and October 2022. The Self-care of heart failure index 7.2 instrument by Bárbara Riegel was applied, in a version Spanish. The data were analyzed according to descriptive statistics. Throughout the study, the ethical criteria of the research were met. Results: The mean score of the self-care index was low in the three dimensions: maintenance of self-care [Mean 51: SD 18], perception of symptoms [Mean 41: SD 17] and self-care management [Mean 76: SD 14]. Among the actions that determined the low score are: Little adherence to the low-sodium diet, little physical activity, lack of a system to remember medication consumption on time, recognition and recording of symptoms, lack of limitation to the low sodium diet, excessive fluid intake I have to investigate and recognize the symptoms. Conclusions: The mean score of the self-care index was low in all the participants, which is reflected in the presence of hospital admissions, with stage B prevailing and the most common symptoms edema and dyspnea. Therefore, it is recommended to evaluate the self-care index to provide individual education regarding the dimensions of self-care maintenance, symptom perception and self-care management, taking into account the patient's need and relying on the confidence that they demonstrated according to the study.

• Autores: Contreras Aguas, Ángela Del Carmen; Lora Rangel, Adriana Carolina; Narváez Navarro, Sara Saray
• Tipo de recurso: Trabajo de grado de pregrado
• Fecha de publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad de Córdoba
• Repositorio: Repositorio Institucional Unicórdoba
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unicordoba.edu.co:ucordoba/6946
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unicordoba.edu.co/handle/ucordoba/6946
• Palabra clave: Insuficiencia cardiaca; Enfermedad crónica; Autocuidado; Enfermedad cardiovascular; Promoción de la salud; Heart failure; Chronic disease; Self-care; Cardiovascular disease; Health promotion
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Copyright Universidad de Córdoba, 2023