What Is Known About the Benefits of Patient-Centered Care in Patients with Heart Failure.
Treatment for chronic heart failure (CHF) has improved, and symptom burden has been identified as an important treatment goal. Because patient-centered care may ease the burden, we need to know its benefits for patients with CHF, hence this systematic literature review. We found that one benefit of person-centered care is an increase in quality of life in patients with CHF. Improvements were found in self-care, physical and mental status, health care costs, general uncertainty regarding illness and recovery, patient dignity, treatment, and systems of care. Improvements also were observed in symptom burden, self-efficacy, and quality of life. These findings indicate that person-centered care is a powerful approach to current and future health care. However, because an appropriate tool to measure person-centered care does not yet exist, it will be a challenge to determine whether the goal has been reached from a long-term and patient perspective.
Institute of Health and Care Science, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden. kerstin.ulin@gu.se.|Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC) University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. kerstin.ulin@gu.se.
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School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden. Dan.Malm@ju.se.|Department of Internal Medicine, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden. Dan.Malm@ju.se.
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School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden. annette.nygardh@ju.se.
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D002908:Chronic Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care
Benefits; Chronic heart failure; Heart failure; Patient-centered care; Person-centered care