Social support and self-care management among patients with chronic heart failure

• Published in: Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine
• Main Author: 2-s2.0-84973515239
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Public Health Physicians Association 2016
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84973515239&partnerID=40&md5=7841285ba354c04460e810a6f7c79802

Patients with chronic heart failure suffer from undesirable effects in their daily activities. Effective self-care management in conjunction with social support gives improved the wellbeing of patients with chronic heart failure. This study determines social support and self-care management among patients with chronic heart failure. A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Cardiology Clinic in Hospital Serdang, Selangor from April 2014 to June 2014. A questionnaire consisting of demographic characteristics, MOS Social Survey and Self-Care Heart Failure Index (SCHFI) was distributed to a total of 113 respondents. The results show moderately high level of social support (3.51±0.89) and level of self-care management (160.49±44.39). For instance, social support and self-care management were not statistically significant with the demographic characteristics (p>0.05). There was a positive correlation between social support and self-care management (r=0.263, p<0.05) and the findings suggest that social support should be considered a predictor in self-care management of patients with chronic heart failure.