The importance of interactions between patients and healthcare professionals for heart failure self-care: A systematic review of qualitative research into patient perspectives

BACKGROUND: Effective heart failure (HF) self-care can improve clinical outcomes but is dependent on patients' undertaking a number of complex self-care behaviors. Research into the effectiveness of HF management programs demonstrates mixed results. There is a need to improve understanding of patient perspectives' of self-care need in order to enhance supportive interventions. AIM: This paper reports selected findings from a systematic review …