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Cardiologia Croatica, Vol. 16 No. 11-12, 2021.

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https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2021.338

Management of heart failure patients at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

Tanja Mikulandra orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-2766-1653 ; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Nevenka Vila orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-3491 ; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska

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Keywords

education; nurse; heart failure

Hrčak ID:

265030

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/265030

Publication date:

6.10.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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Copyright: 2021, Croatian Cardiac Society

Date received: 05 September 2021

Date accepted: 14 September 2021

Publication date (print and electronic): October 2021

Volume: 16

Issue: 11-12

Page: 338

Publisher ID: CC 2021 16_11-12_338

DOI: 10.15836/ccar2021.338

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Subject: Heart failure

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Keyword: edukacija

Keyword: medicinska sestra

Keyword: zatajivanje srca

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Keyword: education

Keyword: nurse

Keyword: heart failure

Management of heart failure patients at the beginning of COVID-19

Translated Title (hr): Zbrinjavanje bolesnika sa zatajivanjem srca na početku pandemije COVID-19

[https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2766-1653] Tanja Mikulandra[*]

[https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-3491] Nevenka Vila

 

Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska

University Hospital Centre Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

Author notes:

Correspondence to: [*] Address for correspondence: Tanja Mikulandra, Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, J. Hutlera 4, HR-31000 Osijek, Croatia. / Phone: +385-91-535-4797 / E-mail: tanja.mikulandra@gmail.com

Introduction: Heart failure (HF) occurs as a result of any structural or functional heart disorder. HF is global health problem with prevalence of 1-2% in the general population and occurring in more than 1% to 2% of people over the age of 70. HF significantly affects the quality of life of patients, frequent hospitalizations and the adverse outcome of the disease. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitalization of patients with heart failure.

Patients and Methods: The study involved 59 patients, 28 (47.5%) women and 31 (52.5%) men, who were treated at The Department of Heart and Blood Vessel Diseases, University Hospital Osijek from March 20 to June 1, 2020. The average age of the subjects was 60.9 years. For the research, we created a questionnaire witch contain 7 questions about demographic data, hospitalizations and knowledge about the heart failure.

Results: According to the obtained results, 32 (54.2%) of subjects come from the city, 41 (69.5%) of subjects have a secondary qualification, and 50 (84.7%) live in a common household. Analysis of the data showed that at the time of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were significantly more patients who were hospitalized for the first time due to HF 40 (67.8%) compared to the number of patients with HF who were hospitalized 3 or more times, 19 (32.2%).

Conclusion: Educating patients about self-care and symptom control (1) during repeated hospitalizations can result in a decrease in the number of hospitalizations and an improvement in quality of life.

LITERATURE

1 

Osredkar U. Nurse-led management of heart failure outpatients. Cardiol Croat. 2016;11(10-11):577. https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2016.577

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