The Effect of Self-Care Behaviors onRehospitalization Rate Among Patients withHeart Failurein Jordan Guided by Orem’s Self-Care Theory

Abstract

Objective:
This study aimes to achieve several objectives including discover of sociodemographic and clinical factors affectingself care behaviors among heart failure patients in Jordan, Identify of self-care behaviors taught by most JordanianHF patients and people who have learned HF self-care behaviors.furthermore explore of self-care behaviors amongJordanian heart failure patients. Method: Data was gathered from 120 inpatients suffering from in two hospitals in Jordan Descriptive approach was
followed in our study. experimental designwasused to estimate the influence of self-care health education behaviorsfor self-care based on Orem's theory of self-care for heart failure patients. results This study found that commitment in the self-care behaviors of Jordanian heart failure patients is weak.(M=29.94). The results shwoed that the most common self-care behavior was drug use as prescribed, diet, and fluids
restriction, where as the least common self-care behaviors were weight contro and access to the flu vaccine everyyear. It was explored that self care behaviors closely related with the existence of comorbidities (t =5.782, p=000), per
capita evenue(F = 9.947, p=000), level of education (F=3.516, p=017) and intensity, of symptom (F=5.095, p-.008). closely related was found between self care behaviors level and hospitalization Rate rate (r =,19 p = 0.038). docotors were the more medical stuaff who taught self care behaviors to Jordanian heart failure patients (39.7%) vs. 25.9% for nurse..