European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing Template

Sabina De Geest, E Sabaté · 5 Nov 2003

Inger Ekman, Karl Swedberg, Charles Taft et al. · 24 Jul 2011

Long-term diseases are today the leading cause of mortality worldwide and are estimated to be the leading cause of disability by 2020. Person-centered care (PCC) has been shown to advance concordance between care provider and patient on treatment plans, improve health outcomes and increase patient satisfaction. Yet, despite these and other documented benefits, there are…

Cheryl Zambroski, Debra K. Moser, Geetha Bhat et al. · 25 May 2005

BACKGROUND: Heart failure is an escalating health problem around the world. Despite significant scientific advances, heart failure patients experience multiple physical and psychological symptoms that can impact the quality of life. AIMS: To determine the (1) symptom prevalence, severity, distress and symptom burden in patients with heart failure; (2) impact of age and gender on…

Markus Saarijärvi, Ewa‐Lena Bratt · 26 Mar 2021

Face-to-face interviews have long been the norm for conducting qualitative interviews in healthcare research. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need to explore alternative methods. This, along with the swift digitalization of healthcare, has led to video, telephone, and online interactions becoming increasingly used. The use of new techniques to carry out interviews through…

Christi Deaton, Erika Sivarajan Froelicher, Lai Har Wu et al. · 1 Jun 2011

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) today is responsible for approximately one-third of deaths worldwide, and that figure will surely increase in both developing and developed countries as risk factors for the disease--primarily dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity, poor diet, and smoking--continue to increase. Although these risk factors are modifiable, to date there is a relative paucity…