The Effect of Heart Failure Symptom Clusters on Quality of Life: The Moderating Effect of Self‐Care Behaviours

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 34; no. 7; pp. 2766 - 2778
• Main Authors: Yao, Qian, Luo, Jian, Song, Baomei, Yang, Jin, Yuan, Xiaorong, Li, Xiuchuan, Tian, Wei, Wang, Tianyi, Zhu, Bin, Yang, Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2025
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; China; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Heart failure; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Heart Failure - psychology; Heart Failure - therapy; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Questionnaires; Self Care - psychology; self‐care behaviours; Surveys and Questionnaires; symptom clusters; China; symptom clusters; heart failure; self‐care behaviours; quality of life
• ISSN: 0962-1067; 1365-2702; 1365-2702
• DOI: 10.1111/jocn.17475

ABSTRACT Background Although heart failure (HF) symptoms affect patients' quality of life (QoL), improving patients' QoL requires certain self‐care behaviours. However, the specific role of self‐care behaviours in the relationship between HF symptoms and QoL has not been clarified. Aims To...