چكيده فارسي :
Background and Objective: Heart failure is a chronic and costly disease. A Healthy lifestyle is effective in prevention and health literacy is also needed to improve the selfcare of these hospitalized heart failure patients. Materials and Methods: This descriptive crosssectional study of correlation type was carried out on 180 heart failure patients hospitalized in Zahedan hospitals in 2018. Samples were selected using convenient sampling method. Data were collected through a questionnaire containing three parts of demographic information, health literacy, and selfcare. Data were analyzed using SPSS 19 software and statistical tests including independent Ttest, ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: The mean score of the health literacy level was 22.7 (out of 43) with a standard deviation of 6.6. Based on the results, 40% of patients had inadequate health literacy level, 45% had a moderate level of health literacy and 15% had adequate and desirable health literacy level. The mean selfcare score was 44.7 and the standard deviation was 1.9 (out of 80) which was higher than the average. Based on the Pearson correlation coefficient, there was a direct and significant relationship between health literacy and selfcare (r = 0.48, p = 0.021); with increasing health literacy, selfcare also improved. Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that in patients with heart failure, selfcare level increases with increasing health literacy. Therefore, educational interventions in this field are recommended to improve the health literacy of these patients. Paper Type: Research Article
