Work-Heart Balance: The Influence of Biobehavioral Variables on Self-Care Among Employees with Heart Failure

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• Personal Author:
  Dickson VV ; McCauley LA ; Riegel B
• Description:
  The complexities of managing heart failure among employees have not been studied. In this mixed methods study, the authors explored how cognition, physical functioning, attitudes, and self-efficacy influence self-care among employees with heart failure. Forty-one adults (White, 68.3%; male, 63.4%; median age, 51 years; employed, 48.8%) completed in-depth interviews and standardized instruments. Content analysis was used to derive themes from narrative accounts of self-care practices, attitudes, and self-efficacy within the context of employment. Descriptive and nonparametric statistics were used to describe the sample and generate hypotheses about relationships among the variables. Most of the employed participants (N = 13) worked full-time (65%), primarily in sedentary jobs. Cognition and physical functioning were better in those who were employed (p = .02), but self-care practices were lower (p = .03). Those who successfully managed heart failure and work described strategies to incorporate self-care into their workdays, self-efficacy in managing symptoms while at work, and favorable attitudes toward employment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Personnel Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Health-care-personnel Health-protection Health-surveys Medical-personnel Occupational-health Risk-factors Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-performance
• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  63-73
• Volume:
  56
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033455
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2008 Feb; 56(2):63-73
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  Johns Hopkins University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ac77e4d52990eeaadc1655a3910280899f52975261b7ffb2c683a157836fb1703e8452fe42d70c8eab23f4869bc32b39516f940e061c42eabc32dd53c3312b29
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189029/cdc_189029_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.38 MB ]