title: Relationships between activation level, knowledge, self-efficacy, and self-management behavior in heart failure patients discharged from rural hospitals.
abstract: Non-adherence to self-management guidelines accounted for 50% of hospital readmissions in heart failure patients. Evidence showed that patient activation affects self-management behaviors in populations living with chronic conditions. The purpose of this study was to describe patient activation level and its relationship with knowledge, self-efficacy and self-management behaviors in heart failure patients discharged from rural hospitals. Our study populations were recruited from two hospitals in rural areas of Nebraska. We found that two-thirds of the participants reported low activation levels (e.g., taking no action to manage their heart failure condition). In addition, low patient activation levels were associated with inadequate heart failure knowledge (p=.005), low self-efficacy (p<.001) and low engagement in heart failure self-management behaviors (p<.001) after discharge from hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services Research and Administration, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
authors.forename: Van
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Do
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing-Lincoln Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
authors.forename: Lufei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Young
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing-Lincoln Division, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barnason
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
authors.forename: Hoang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tran
keywords: Cardiac Failure; Knowledge; Patient Activation; Patient Engagement; Rural Populations; Self-Efficacy; Self-Management