Theory-based low-sodium diet education for heart failure patients

Home Healthc Nurse. 2010 Jul-Aug;28(7):432-41; quiz 441-3. doi: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3181e324e0.

Abstract

Theory-based teaching strategies for promoting adherence to a low-sodium diet among patients with heart failure are presented in this article. The strategies, which are based on the theory of planned behavior, address patient attitude, subjective norm, and perceived control as patients learn how to follow a low-sodium diet. Home health clinicians can select a variety of the instructional techniques presented to meet individual patient learning needs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Behavior Therapy / methods
  • Diet Records
  • Diet, Sodium-Restricted / methods*
  • Diet, Sodium-Restricted / nursing*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Heart Failure / diet therapy*
  • Heart Failure / nursing*
  • Home Care Services
  • Humans
  • Patient Compliance
  • Patient Education as Topic / methods*
  • Teaching Materials