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Introduction: Recognition of exacerbating factors is as important as underlying reasons in
the evaluation of chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. Relapse of CHF, further admissions,
and reduced life expectancy result from patients’ low compliance to treatment
recommendations. The aim of this study was to determine CHF patients’ awareness regarding
CHF exacerbating factors. The results of this study could be taken into account in therapeutic
and patient care programs. Material and methods: In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, 172 CHF patients admitted
to Sabzevar Vasei Hospital were analyzed. Data was collected by the researcher through an
author-made questionnaire and interviewing. Results were analyzed by the SPSS software,
using Student’s t-test and Chi-squared test at a confidence level of 95%. Results: The study results showed that only 3.16% (n=28) of CHD patients had a good
awareness of the exacerbating factors of their disease. Unawareness rate was 6.82% (n=142)
for infection, 3.84% (n=145) for pregnancy, and 1.83% (n=143) for fever as factors leading to
exacerbation of CHF. In this study, 7.65% of patients did not have adequate awareness
regarding fluid intake, and 89% were not aware of the recommended amount of food intake.
Conclusion: This study revealed that the awareness of CHF patients about exacerbating
factors of their disease is low. Noting the importance of these factors in relapse of CHF,
appropriate educations should be included in therapeutic and patient care programs in order to
reduce wasting time, hospital costs, and disease complications
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