Abstract

Nasir Hadadi Motlagh, Parviz Aghayii Barzabad* and Abbas Yazdanpanah

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Patients with chronic heart failure, due to the consequences of illness, and treatment, will face with changes in their self-care needs, therefore illness problems requires awareness from self-care behaviors. The subject of self-care behaviors is very important in these patients, and patients, by acquiring self-care skills, can effect on own comfort, functional abilities, and disease processes. The aim of this study was Investigating the Health Applied Literacy of Cardiovascular Patients, and its Relationship with Self-Care Behaviors, in patients of Social Security Clinic of Kohgiluye Va Boyer Ahmad. Method: This study in terms of target was functional and in terms of data collecting was an analytical-descriptive study. Information was collected by standard questionnaires of health literacy and self-care and for testing the hypothesis, Spearman correlation test, and single-variable regression was used. Data were analyzed by SPSS software. Findings: In this study, 354 cardiovascular patients were examined. Based on the results of this study ,there was no meaningful relationship between Access and self-care, reading and self-care, as well as understanding and self-care but positive and meaningful relationship exist between evaluation and decision making and application of health information with self-care. In general, there was a positive and significant relationship between applied literacy and self-care behaviors in cardiovascular patients. Conclusion: The role of factors such as knowledge and health literacy cannot be ignored in promoting self-care behaviors of cardiovascular patients. Therefore, the application of health information, and health literacy assessment were known as better predictors of self-care domains.