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The emotional and social burden of heart failure: integrating physicians', patients', and caregivers' perspectives through narrative medicine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The The Roadmap Using Story Telling project used a narrative medicine (NM) framework to assess the perspectives of people with heart failure (HF), their informal caregivers and HF specialists of the impact of HF on the daily life of patients and their carers.

Methods

Italian HF specialists participated on a voluntary basis, completing their own narratives, and inviting patients and their caregivers to write anonymously about their experiences, all on a dedicated online platform. The narratives were analyzed according to standard NM methodology.

Results

82 narratives were collected from patients, 61 from caregivers, and 104 from HF specialists. Analysis of the three points of view revealed the extent of the burden of illness on the entire family, particularly that of the caregiver. The impact was mainly experienced as emotional and social limitations in patients' and their caregivers' daily lives. The analysis of all three points of view highlighted a strong difference between how HF is perceived by patients, caregivers, and HF specialists.

Conclusions

This NM project illustrates the complex issues of living with HF and gave insights to integrate three different perspectives into the HF pathway of care.

SUBMITTER: Testa M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733244 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The emotional and social burden of heart failure: integrating physicians', patients', and caregivers' perspectives through narrative medicine.

Testa Marco M Cappuccio Antonietta A Latella Maura M Napolitano Silvia S Milli Massimo M Volpe Massimo M Marini Maria Giulia MG

BMC cardiovascular disorders 20201212 1

<h4>Background</h4>The The Roadmap Using Story Telling project used a narrative medicine (NM) framework to assess the perspectives of people with heart failure (HF), their informal caregivers and HF specialists of the impact of HF on the daily life of patients and their carers.<h4>Methods</h4>Italian HF specialists participated on a voluntary basis, completing their own narratives, and inviting patients and their caregivers to write anonymously about their experiences, all on a dedicated online ...[more]

PMID: 33308152

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The emotional and social burden of heart failure: integrating physicians', patients', and caregivers' perspectives through narrative medicine.

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The emotional and social burden of heart failure: integrating physicians', patients', and caregivers' perspectives through narrative medicine.

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