Educational level and self-care behaviour in patients with heart failure before and after nurse educational intervention.

Background: Self-care is important for heart failure (HF) management and may be influenced by the patient's educational level.

Aim: We assessed the relationship of educational level with baseline self-care behaviour and changes one year after a nursing intervention in HF outpatients attending a HF unit.

Patients And Method: Three hundred and thirty-five HF patients were studied, with a median age of 67 years (P(25-75) 57-75) and a median HF duration of six months (P(25-75) 1-36).