title: Conceptual and Operational Definitions of the Defining Characteristics and Related Factors of the Diagnosis Ineffective Health Management in People With Heart Failure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To construct conceptual and operational definitions for the defining characteristics (DCs) and related factors (RFs) of the nursing diagnosis (ND) ineffective health management for people with chronic heart failure.
  
  
  METHODS
  Conceptual and operational definitions for the DC and RF were based on studies found in an integrative literature review in the databases Latin American Literature in Health Sciences, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, and MEDLINE by using the key words Nursing diagnosis, Heart Failure, and Patient Cooperation in different combinations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Conceptual and operational definitions for all the DCs and RFs were constructed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The definitions will facilitate in the identification of ND in clinical practice in patients with heart failure, future research on ND validation, and education in undergraduate courses.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo (EPE/UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Souza Carneiro
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of University of São Paulo (HU-USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Takao Lopes
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo (EPE/UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Lima Lopes
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo (EPE/UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vinicius
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Batista Santos
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Márcia
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Bachion
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo (EPE/UNIFESP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alba Lucia Bottura Leite
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: de Barros
mesh_terms: D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis
keywords: Heart failure; nursing diagnosis; nursing research; patient cooperation