Application of the Health Belief Model in Promotion of Self-Care in Heart Failure Patients

Heart failure (HF) is a condition due to a problem with the structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs. In developing countries, around 2% of adults suffer from heart failure, but in people over the age of 65, this rate increa...

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Main Authors: Behnam Baghianimoghadam, Hamid Reza Sanati, Golamreza Shogafard, Mohammad Hosein Baghianimoghadam, Seyed Saeed Mazloomy, Mohsen Askarshahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-01-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:http://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2356/4293