title: Women with heart failure: do they require a special approach for improving adherence to self-care?
abstract: The purpose of this review is to evaluate research regarding whether women with heart failure (HF) need a special approach for improving their adherence to self-care. Prior research has sampled mostly white, male populations and these results have been generalized to the population of all HF patients. After age 65, women are at a higher risk than men for developing HF. Once women develop HF they are more likely than men with HF to experience greater symptom burden, re-hospitalizations, social isolation, and higher mortality rates. In this review we will explore barriers and facilitators that women experience when performing self-care, and whether they need individualized interventions or approaches to care that are different from those for male patients with HF. Special approaches such as assessment of social support and self-care counseling when treating women with HF will be discussed, as this may improve women's adherence, thereby slowing the symptom burden and disease progression.
authors.affiliation: Boston College, William F. Connell School of Nursing, Cushing Hall 307 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA, stampk@bc.edu.
authors.forename: Kelly D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Stamp
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support
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