Importance of Self-Care, Increasing General Health and Self-Efficacy of Patients with Heart Failure

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the most sensitive diseases to psychological states. This type of disease is the leading cause of death in the West. Mental and psychological problems are major issues that patients with heart problems face; for this, patients’ psychological states should be identified to mitigate their pains, as failure to pay attention to their stresses and mental reactions could add to their woes. Self-care is a practice in which each child, adolescent, or adult uses his/her knowledge, skills, and capacities to protect his/her and others’ health well; for this, self-care is responsible for peoples’ mental and psychological health issues. People, in the meantime, can consult others and gain specialized and non-specialized assistance (from both experts and non-experts). Although self-care is an activity that people do to protect and promote their health, this care sometimes extends to children, families, friends, neighbors, locals, and citizens. This study used a descriptive method to investigate self-care among patients with heart failure