Dietary Behavior Status and Influencing Factors in Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
SONG Fangfang
ZHANG Wei
ZHANG Xiaofei
QIN Zhe
TANG Shanshan
ZHANG Lijuan
SUN Juan
Abstract：Objective To understand the status of dietary behavior in elderly patients with chronic heart failure and analyze its influencing factors,so as to provide reference for further promoting the refined management of patients.Methods A total of 263 elderly patients with chronic heart failure(CHF)who were hospitalized in the Cardiology Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2022 to July 2023 were selected by convenience sampling method.General data questionnaire and scale for dietary behaviors in heart failure were used for questionnaire investigation.Results The total score of dietary behavior in 263 elderly patients with chronic heart failure was(48.48±11.59)points,and the limiting dimension score of salt was(17.12±3.27)points.The score of health habits was(14.05±3.26)points.The limiting dimension score of sugar was(7.89±2.33)points.The dimension of prevention of fluid retention was(10.22±2.93)points.The results of regression analysis showed that education level,residence status,NYHA cardiac function grade,duration of disease,and annual hospitalization were the influencing factors of dietary behavior in elderly patients with chronic heart failure(P＜0.05).Conclusion The dietary behavior level of elderly patients with chronic heart failure still needs to be further improved.Nursing staff can formulate refined management plans according to the characteristics of different populations to further improve the dietary behavior level of patients.
Keywords：heart failureelderlydietary behaviorsinfluencing factor
Publication Date：2025-09-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 3298-3302 )