EVALUATION OF FATIGUE IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
Αθανασία Τσάμη, Ιωάννης Κουτελέκος, Γεωργία Γερογιάννη, Αθανασία Κικήρα, Γεωργία Φούκα, Μαρία Πολυκανδριώτη
Κυριακή, 1 Ιανουαρίου 2017
Έτος δημοσίευσης:
2017
Συγγραφείς:
- Τσάμη Αθανασία, ΠΜΣ «Νευρολογικά Νοσήματα-Σύγχρονη Πρακτική Βασισμένη σε Ενδείξεις», Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΤΕΙ Αθήνας
- Κουτελέκος Ιωάννης, PhD,Επίκουρος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής Α',ΤΕΙ ΑΘΗΝΑΣ
- Γερογιάννη Γεωργία, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής Α, ΤΕΙ Αθήνας, Ελλάδα
- Κικήρα Αθανασία, Program of Postgraduate Studies in "Neurological Disorders- Evidence Based Practice" in Nursing Department of Faculty of Health and Welfare of Technological Educational Institute of Athens
- Φούκα Γεωργία, Program of Postgraduate Studies in "Neurological Disorders- Evidence Based Practice" in Nursing Department of Faculty of Health and Welfare of Technological Educational Institute of Athens
- Πολυκανδριώτη Μαρία, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια,Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής,Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό ίδρυμα Αθήνας
Ευρετήριο όρων:
Σελίδες: 55-65
DOI: DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.818187
Περίληψη:
Background: Fatigue consists the most common symptom that
experience patients with heart failure. Objective: of the study was to explore factors associated with fatigue
in hospitalized patients with heart failure. Methods : In the present study, 60 hospitalized patients were
enrolled. Data collection was performed by the method of the interview using a
questionnaire that included demographic,
clinical and other characteristics as well as the scale of Fatigue
(MFIS-Greek). Results: At least 50% of the participants scored below 69 (median) in the total fatigue
score and below 41 and 28 for the physical and mental fatigue, respectively.
These values indicate moderate to high effects of heart failure in the fatigue
patient’s felt. Finally, it was found that patients who were a little or not at
all informed about their state of health had 13.9 points higher score in total
fatigue than patients who were very informed (p=0.018, 95%CI: 2.47, 25.34).
Similarly, patients with insomnia had 11.11 points higher score in total
fatigue than those without insomnia (p=0.034, 95%CI: 0.87, 21.34).
Regarding mental fatigue, patients who
were enough informed about their state of health had 8.46 points higher score
in mental fatigue than patients who were very informed (p=0.004, 95%CI: 2.78,
14.14). Conclusion: Assessment of fatigue is essential in order to
provide holistic treatment to hospitalized patients with heart failure.
