Impact of Family control in patients with chronic heart failure
YANG Peng-hui
ZHAO Jin-mei
WANG Wen-yue
Abstract：Objective To study impact of family controls in quality of life and self-management of patients with chronic heart failure.Methods From May 2010 to May 2013 in Hebei port group co., LTD. Port hospital, 100 patients between 60~75 years old with chronic heart failure (CHF), including 55 males and 45 females, were randomly divided into management group and control group. The management group received 6 months’ family control, while the control group received general follow-up only. Improvement of quality of life and self-management were compared by questionnaire investigation.Results There were no differences of proportion of gender, comorbidities, smoking, education, reimbursement, pleural effusion, lower extremity edema, left ventricular ejection fraction between two groups (P>0.05). After 6 months’ family control, score of Minnesota questionnaire in management group were lower than control group (P<0.05); The score of European heart failure self-management behavior scale in management group were lower than control group (P<0.05).Conclusion Family control is an effective mode of courtyard outside the treatment in patients with heart failure, which can significantly improve patients in the courtyard outside the self-management ability, improve heart failure symptoms.
Keywords：Chronic heart failureFamily controlImpactQuality of life
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 697-699 )