TY - JOUR
T1 - Nutrition Self-care in Heart Failure:State of the Science
AU - Lennie, Terry A.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The purposes of this article were to describe the state of science in nutrition self-care in heart failure and make recommendations for future research. Four areas of nutrition self-care were reviewed: sodium restriction recommendations, nutrition recommendations, body weight recommendations, and self-care strategies. A review of the available evidence demonstrated that the current state of knowledge in each of these 4 areas is insufficient for clinicians to provide evidence-based interventions to improve nutrition self-care. Subsequently, research priorities in each area were identified. Although there is a growing recognition of the important role that nutrition may play in heart failure outcomes, advancements in our knowledge base are needed before nutrition self-care can evolve into an essential component of heart failure self-care.
AB - The purposes of this article were to describe the state of science in nutrition self-care in heart failure and make recommendations for future research. Four areas of nutrition self-care were reviewed: sodium restriction recommendations, nutrition recommendations, body weight recommendations, and self-care strategies. A review of the available evidence demonstrated that the current state of knowledge in each of these 4 areas is insufficient for clinicians to provide evidence-based interventions to improve nutrition self-care. Subsequently, research priorities in each area were identified. Although there is a growing recognition of the important role that nutrition may play in heart failure outcomes, advancements in our knowledge base are needed before nutrition self-care can evolve into an essential component of heart failure self-care.
KW - Heart failure
KW - Nutrition
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U2 - 10.1097/01.JCN.0000317426.14092.60
DO - 10.1097/01.JCN.0000317426.14092.60
M3 - Article
C2 - 18437060
AN - SCOPUS:42649088061
SN - 0889-4655
VL - 23
SP - 197
EP - 204
JO - Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
JF - Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
IS - 3
ER -