Self-care behaviors in Iranian patients with heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract

Objective(s): Knowledge about self-care behaviors and compliance with them in patients with chronic diseases is very important. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the behavior of patients with cardiac insufficiency through transcriptase and meta-analytic methods in Iran. Methods: Electronic databases including Magiran، Iran medex، Scopus ، Pub Med, Cochrane ،Web of Science were searched using the keywords self-care, self-care index, and self-care components (self-care maintenance, self-care management and self-care confidence) between 2009 and 2018. To investigate heterogeneity, I2 was used. Results: A total of 23 studies were entered into the final analysis. The mean score (CI 95%) of self-care behaviors was 34.33 (33.49-35.18). The meta-regression findings showed that in the studies conducted in recent years, the average score of self-care behavior of patients with heart failure increased, but this value decreased significantly in studies with large sample sizes. Conclusion: Considering the importance of self-care in the prevention and control of the disease, it is recommended to increase self-care behaviors among patients with heart failure.

Keywords

• self-care behaviors
• heart failure
• meta-analysis
• systematic review