{"title":"Family Health of Patients With Heart Failure and Their Family Members Before and During the First COVID-19 Lockdown.","authors":"Mahdi Shamali, Hanne Konradsen, Birte Østergaard, Erla Kolbrun Svavarsdottir","doi":"10.1891/JDNP-2021-0012","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background</b>: Family health plays a vital role in the self-care and lifestyle modifications in families living with heart failure. <b>Objective</b>: To investigate the family health of patients with heart failure and their family members before and during the first COVID-19 lockdown. <b>Method</b>: This was a cross-sectional study design. We included 34 participants before and 34 participants during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Independent <i>t</i>-tests were conducted for comparison of the mean scores of the family health and its dimensions. <b>Results</b>: There was no significant difference between the total score of family health during the first COVID-19 lockdown compared to before the first COVID-19 lockdown in patients and family members. However, the <i>values</i> and <i>ill-being</i> dimensions of family health in patients and <i>ill-being</i> dimension in family members were significantly decreased during the first COVID-19 lockdown. <b>Conclusion</b>: This study indicated the positive and negative impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on family health. <b>Implications for Nursing</b>: Our results may help nurses to identify vulnerable patients with a low level of family health to tailor the best support to them.</p>","PeriodicalId":40310,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice","volume":"15 3","pages":"144-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1891/JDNP-2021-0012","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Family health plays a vital role in the self-care and lifestyle modifications in families living with heart failure. Objective: To investigate the family health of patients with heart failure and their family members before and during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Method: This was a cross-sectional study design. We included 34 participants before and 34 participants during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Independent t-tests were conducted for comparison of the mean scores of the family health and its dimensions. Results: There was no significant difference between the total score of family health during the first COVID-19 lockdown compared to before the first COVID-19 lockdown in patients and family members. However, the values and ill-being dimensions of family health in patients and ill-being dimension in family members were significantly decreased during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Conclusion: This study indicated the positive and negative impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on family health. Implications for Nursing: Our results may help nurses to identify vulnerable patients with a low level of family health to tailor the best support to them.
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