Journal article
Heart Failure Caregiver Self-Care: A Latent Class Analysis
Clinical nursing research, Vol.30(5), pp.625-635
06/01/2021
DOI: 10.1177/1054773820973121
PMID: 33218254
Abstract
Little is known about heart failure (HF) caregiver self-care. This article reports a secondary analysis of data from a cross-sectional, descriptive study involving 530 HF caregivers. A three-step latent class mixture model identified HF caregiver classes at risk for poor self-care and examined the relationship between the identified self-care classes and caregiver burden and depression. Caregivers completed online surveys on self-care, caregiver burden, depression, problem-solving, social support, and family function. Caregivers were 41.39 (+/- 10.38) years old, 78.3% Caucasian, and 50.9% men. Three classes of HF caregivers (24% Low-Risk, 24.9% Moderate-Risk, 51.1% High-Risk) were identified. High-Risk caregivers had the worst self-care and the lowest levels of social support, problem-solving, and family function. Moderate-Risk caregivers were the most experienced and had the best self-care yet had the most comorbidities. High-Risk caregivers reported more caregiver burden and depression. "At-risk" caregivers may benefit from self-care and support programs, but more research is needed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Heart Failure Caregiver Self-Care: A Latent Class Analysis
- Creators
- Lucinda J. Graven - Florida State UniversityShamra Boel-Studt - Florida State UniversityHarleah G. Buck - University of IowaLaurie Abbott - Florida State UniversityJoan S. Grant - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical nursing research, Vol.30(5), pp.625-635
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.1177/1054773820973121
- PMID
- 33218254
- ISSN
- 1054-7738
- eISSN
- 1552-3799
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- Heart Failure Society of America Nursing Mini-Grant Florida State University College of Nursing Infrastructure Grant
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9984370651402771
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