1. Explanatory Models of Heart Failure Etiology.
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Clark, Angela P., McDougall Jr, Graham J., Joiner-Rogers, Glenda, Innerarity, Sheri, Delville, Carol, Meraviglia, Marty, and Davila, Ashley
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CONCEPTUAL structures , *HEART failure , *INTERVIEWING , *MATHEMATICAL models , *RESEARCH methodology , *MEDICAL records , *QUALITATIVE research , *THEORY , *THEMATIC analysis , *HEALTH literacy , *PATIENTS' attitudes , *PHYSICAL therapists' attitudes - Abstract
Chronic health failure is a leading cause of hospital readmissions and is reaching epidemic proportions in the United States. Explanatory models of illness can provide insight about how people with heart failure perceive their etiology of heart failure. Six themes were found in this descriptive, qualitative study to explore the perceived origin of heart failure in 50 participants. Forty percent of the people were unaware of why they had the diagnosis. Misconceptions and misinformation were common, including confusion about whether the symptoms themselves caused the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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