title: Nutrition self-care in heart failure: state of the science.
abstract: The purposes of this article were to describe the state of science in nutrition self-care in heart failure and make recommendations for future research. Four areas of nutrition self-care were reviewed: sodium restriction recommendations, nutrition recommendations, body weight recommendations, and self-care strategies. A review of the available evidence demonstrated that the current state of knowledge in each of these 4 areas is insufficient for clinicians to provide evidence-based interventions to improve nutrition self-care. Subsequently, research priorities in each area were identified. Although there is a growing recognition of the important role that nutrition may play in heart failure outcomes, advancements in our knowledge base are needed before nutrition self-care can evolve into an essential component of heart failure self-care.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0232, USA. tlennie@uky.edu
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Lennie
mesh_terms: D002100:Cachexia / Q000150:complications*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000639:trends*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012982:Sodium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D012982:Sodium, Dietary