Poor sleep and impaired self-care: Towards a comprehensive model linking sleep, cognition, and heart failure outcomes |
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Authors: | Barbara Riegel Terri E Weaver |
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Institution: | University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, United States |
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Abstract: | BackgroundPersons with heart failure (HF) have significantly lower sleep quantity and quality than persons without HF. The purpose of this article is to propose a conceptual model describing how poor sleep may contribute to inadequate self-care and untoward outcomes in persons with HF.AimsOur overarching hypothesis is that sleep affects self-care and outcomes through its effects on cognition. Building on the work of others, we outline a conceptual model that illustrates that even transient sleep disruption prevents sleep-related restorative processes and contributes to cognitive dysfunction—especially in the 25-50% of HF patients with existing cognitive impairment. Poor sleep may be sufficient to impair cognition to a level that interferes with higher order functions involved in effective HF self-care practices. Through these mechanisms, inadequate sleep may contribute to poor outcomes such as low health-related quality of life and greater risk of unplanned hospitalization.ConclusionThe proposed model (1) bridges physical, neuropsychological and behavioral phenomena, (2) suggests a mechanism by which poor sleep affects daytime behavior, and (3) is empirically testable. Exploring factors that interfere with sleep may improve self-care and outcomes in persons with HF. |
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Keywords: | Self-care Self-management Patient compliance Cognition disorders Sleep disorders Aging Theory |
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