Publications by authors named "B Ingadottir"
Aims: To determine if distinct trajectories of coronary heart disease (CHD) self-care behaviours could be identified, linked to differences in quality of life (QoL), and predicted based on baseline characteristics.
Methods And Results: A secondary analysis of a prospective, longitudinal, observational study. Patients with CHD answered questionnaires at study enrolment and six months later: Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (three subscales: maintenance, management, and confidence, scored 0-100, higher score = better self-care), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, 12-Item Short Form Survey, 16-Item European Health Literacy Survey Questionnaire, and CHD Education Questionnaire.
Background: Digital supportive cancer care is recommended to improve patient outcomes. A portal was designed and embedded within the electronic medical record and public health portal of Iceland, consisting of symptom and needs monitoring, educational material, and messaging.
Objective: This study aims to assess (1) portal feasibility (adoption, engagement, usability, and acceptability), (2) potential predictors of usability and acceptability, and (3) the potential impact of the portal on patient-reported outcomes.
Objectives: To summarize recent evidence on the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of videoconference (VC) group-based patient and caregiver education.
Methods: Systematic searches of the literature were conducted. Data was extracted on the characteristics of the studies and interventions and on the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the interventions.
Purpose: To evaluate the disease-related knowledge of outpatients with atrial fibrillation (AF), and the relationship with health literacy and other background variables.
Patients And Methods: In this cross-sectional survey study, conducted in Iceland, patients with AF scheduled for an electrical cardioversion or AF catheter ablation were recruited from a hospital outpatient clinic. They completed the validated Atrial Fibrillation Knowledge Scale (AFKS), a 11-item instrument (with possible score 0-10, 10 being the best knowledge) which evaluates knowledge pertaining to AF in general, AF symptom detection and AF treatment.
Background: Promoting patients' sense of security is among the goals of nursing care within heart failure management.
Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the role of sense of security in the relationship between self-care behavior and health status of patients with heart failure.
Methods: Patients recruited from a heart failure clinic in Iceland answered a questionnaire about their self-care (European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale; possible scores, 0-100), their sense of security (Sense of Security in Care-Patients' Evaluation; possible scores, 1-100), and their health status (Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire, including symptoms, physical limitations, quality of life, social limitations, and self-efficacy domains; possible scores, 0-100).