Self-awareness of heart failure in the oldest old–an observational study of participants, ≥ 80 years old, with an objectively verified heart failure

BACKGROUND: One of the primary reasons for hospitalisation among elderly individuals with heart failure (HF) is poor self-care. Self-awareness of having HF may be a key-element in successful self-care. The prevalence of self-awareness of HF, and how it is affected by age-and HF-related factors, rema...

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Autores principales: Selan, Suzana, Siennicki-Lantz, Arkadiusz, Berglund, Johan, Fagerström, Cecilia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0195-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4721017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26791263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0195-4

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