Self-care for women with HFpEF and MTLCs.
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Self-care in women living with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), multiple long-term conditions and health inequality: a realist evaluation.
IRAS ID
331375
Contact name
Mary Harrison
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL)
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 7 months, 12 days
Research summary
The study is evaluating self-care in women living with a specific type of heart failure (HFpEF). Self-care is the cornerstone of living well with heart failure. However, little is known about HFpEF specifically and self-care. HFpEF effects more women than men, but women have been underrepresented in clinical research about heart failure, this creates a health inequality. Self-care on its own is a complex topic, the reality of women within healthcare and society is also complex, HFpEF as a syndrome, with its associated multiple long-term conditions and its treatments are complex too. To address these multi-layered complexities a realist evaluation is posed.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/YH/0245
Date of REC Opinion
21 Nov 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion