Self-care Management in Heart Failure Using Roy Adaptation Theory-guided Intervention in the United Arab Emirates.

Purpose: To assess the knowledge and practice of self-care management among patients with heart failure (HF) after Roy adaptation theory-guided educational program.

Methodology: One group quasi-experimental pretest-posttest design of 30 purposively selected patients with HF was conducted. Outcomes were examined under three domains: knowledge, self-care maintenance, and monitoring pre- and post-intervention, using a validated instrument based on four adaptive modes of Roy's theory.