[Use of the European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale (EHFScBS) in a heart failure unit in Spain].
Self-care is important for patients with heart failure. Recently, the European Heart Failure Self-care Behaviour Scale was developed for its assessment. We evaluated 335 patients using the Spanish version of the scale and assessed whether self-care was influenced by sex, age, etiology, or follow-up duration at a heart failure unit. Possible scores on the scale range from 12 to 60, with a low score indicating good self-care. We observed a mean (SD) score of 24.2 (7.7). There was no significant correlation between the score attained and the value of any of the parameters analyzed, except for follow-up duration at the unit (r=-0.37; P<.001). The score was 28.1 (1.9) in patients evaluated at first visit, 23.1 (6.1) at three months, 24.1 (6.6) at six months, 23.3 (8.2) at nine months, 22.8 (7.3) at twelve months and finally 20.0 (5.5) in patients evaluated fifteen months after their first visit.
Unidad de Insuficiencia Cardíaca, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona. Barcelona, España.
Beatriz
B
González
Josep
J
Lupón
Teresa
T
Parajón
Agustín
A
Urrutia
Joan
J
Herreros
Vicente
V
Valle
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors