Priority 9 from the Advanced Heart Failure PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: How can advanced heart failure patients and professionals be helped to communicate about patients’ symptoms that are difficult to express such as anxiety and low mood? (JLA PSP Priority 9) | |
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| Overall ranking | 9 |
| JLA question ID | 0098/09 |
| Explanatory note |
No significant evidence for people with advanced heart failure |
| Evidence |
1. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2015 Dec;14(6):525-35. doi: 10.1177/1474515114547648. Epub 2014 Aug 19.The importance of interactions between patients and healthcare professionals for heart failure self-care: A systematic review of qualitative research into patient perspectives.Currie K1, Strachan PH2, Spaling M3, Harkness K2, Barber D1, Clark AM4.
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| Health Research Classification System category | Cardiovascular |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | Who do I contact if the anxiety is getting too much ~ Sometimes I do find it difficult to express my feelings and concerns the impact of the condition has on me. I find myself sometimes not mentioning when I'm not feeling to well or get pain as I feel with the condition not been visable I feel like it's not going to be listened to |
| Submitted by | 3 x patients |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0098 |
| PSP name | Advanced Heart Failure |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 65 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 13 February 2019 |