Self-care Behaviors among Sudanese Patients with Heart Failure: A Cross-sectional Assessment

Kannan O. Ahmed *

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Hager Ahmed Abdelmaged

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Khadiga Mohamed Ibrahim

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Nayla Mohammed Abdalgader

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Nusiba Mohammed Ahmed Babekir

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Nosiba Salah Mohammed Ali

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Sabah Badereldean Eltyeb

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Tasneem Mahdi Osman

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

Bashir A. Yousef

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.

Hiba F. Muddather

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Gezira, Wad Medani, Sudan.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Background: Selfcare is a vital component of heart failure management that is known to improve the outcomes. However, little is known about the status of self-care behaviors among patients with heart failure in Sudan.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the self-care behaviors among Sudanese patients with heart failure at a tertiary hospital in Sudan.

Methods: A cross-sectional single-institutional study was conducted across three-month period in 2021. A total of 200 heart failure patients were enrolled, and data was collected through patients’ interview. Descriptive and binary logistic regression analyses were processed to check the effect of different factors on the patients’ adherence levels.

Results: Out of 200 heart failure patients, 53.5% were females, and the mean age of patients was 60 (± 13.7 SD) years. Among them, only 4.5% of heart failure patients reported adequate adherence to their self-care recommendations and the mean total score was 42.6 (± SD15.5). Adherence to self-care recommendations wasn’t significantly associated with age, gender, marital status, education level, and comorbidity.

Conclusion: In this study, the overall adherence to self-care behavior was found to be extremely low among Sudanese heart failure patients, and selectively adherence to prescribed medications was good. These outcomes put light on a major opportunity for further prospective follow–up studies, which have an intervention approach for each self–care recommendation to improve the heart failure situation in Sudan.

Keywords: Heart failure, self-care behaviors, assessment, Sudan


How to Cite

Ahmed, K. O., Abdelmaged, H. A., Ibrahim, K. M., Abdalgader, N. M., Babekir, N. M. A., Ali, N. S. M., Eltyeb, S. B., Osman, T. M., Yousef, B. A. and Muddather, H. F. (2022) “Self-care Behaviors among Sudanese Patients with Heart Failure: A Cross-sectional Assessment”, Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 34(54B), pp. 52–59. doi: 10.9734/jpri/2022/v34i54B7243.