Euro Heart Care, 18 - 20 Haziran 2020, cilt.19, ss.37-28
Authors:
N Waldreus1
, J Celutkiene2
, HM Chen3
, B Gonzalez4
, J Gong5
, B Ingadottir6
, A Ketilsdottir7
, E Lycholip2
, D
Matuliauskas8
, S Meriana Lumbantoruan3
, S Oguz9
, I Uchmanowicz10
, M Wleklik10
, H Karabuga Yakar9
, T
Jaarsma11
,
1Karolinska Institutet Huddinge Sweden, 2Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics Vilnius
Lithuania, 3College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Nursing Tainan City
Taiwan, 4Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital Badalona Spain, 5Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai
China, 6University of Iceland Reykjavik Iceland, 7Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavik Iceland,
8Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Vilnius Lithuania, 9Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences ,
Nursing Department Istanbul Turkey, 10Wroclaw Medical University, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Department of Clinical Nursing Wroclaw Poland, 11Division of Nursing Sciences and Reproductive Health ,
Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences Linköping Sweden,
On behalf: Heart Failure THIRST an international research project evaluating thirst in patients with heart
failure
Topic(s):
Chronic Nursing Care
Citation:
Funding Acknowledgements:
None.
Introduction: Thirst can be a prominent problem for patients with heart failure (HF) and might be caused by
local food habits, temperature, and use of nonpharmacological interventions (e.g. fluid restriction). In order to
get insight in the relevance of thirst of HF patients in different continents, and to target and individualize specific
intervention for HF patients related to thirst in each country, it is important to have a description of prevalence
of thirst, thirst intensity, thirst distress and related factors in different countries.
Purpose: To describe thirst and its dimensions (frequency, intensity, and thirst distress) of patients with chronic
HF from countries across continents.
Methods: An international crosssectional survey study is being conducted (20182020), including following
procedure: (i) Develop new language versions of the TDSHF. The procedure to develop new language
versions of the TDSHF complied with the COSMIN checklist; (ii) Data collection. Data on thirst are collected
from 100 patients with HF from each country, using stratification with 25 patients per NYHAclass. Data is
collected on thirst intensity (VAS, 0100 mm), thirst frequency (3 questions), thirst distress (8item Thirst
Distress Scale [TDSHF], scores 8 [no thirst distress] to 40 [severe thirst distress]), sociodemographic and
clinical data. Additional data is collected on salt intake, climate, temperature etc. for each country.
Results: In total, 18 countries from different continents participate in the study. Three countries have completed
the data collection, while other countries are collecting data (n=8) and some countries will start the data
collection (n=7). Data from Asia and Europe (n=5) included 414 patients (168 female and 246 male) from
different climate zones e.g. the cold, temperate, subtropical and tropical zones. The median (25th and 75th
percentiles) age was 69 (5979) and the mean (SD) LVEF % was 43±15. Most patients (55%) were never or
occasionally thirsty (55%), but many patients were frequently thirsty (45%). The median thirst intensity was 21
mm (050) and thirst distress score was 15 (924). Patients with NYHA class III, compared to patients with
NYHA class IIIIV, had lower thirst intensity (13 mm [030] vs. 38 [559], P= .01) and thirst distress (score
12 [818] vs. 21 [1330], P= .01).
Conclusions: In many countries worldwide, healthcare professionals are aware of the challenge’s HF patients
can experience with thirst. Based on the study results, interventions can be designed to help patients with HF to
relieve burdensome thirst distress.
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Thirst in patients with heart failure from an international perspective
Authors:
N Waldreus1
, J Celutkiene2
, HM Chen3
, B Gonzalez4
, J Gong5
, B Ingadottir6
, A Ketilsdottir7
, E Lycholip2
, D
Matuliauskas8
, S Meriana Lumbantoruan3
, S Oguz9
, I Uchmanowicz10
, M Wleklik10
, H Karabuga Yakar9
, T
Jaarsma11
,
1Karolinska Institutet Huddinge Sweden, 2Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Clinics Vilnius
Lithuania, 3College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Nursing Tainan City
Taiwan, 4Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital Badalona Spain, 5Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai
China, 6University of Iceland Reykjavik Iceland, 7Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavik Iceland,
8Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Vilnius Lithuania, 9Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences ,
Nursing Department Istanbul Turkey, 10Wroclaw Medical University, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Department of Clinical Nursing Wroclaw Poland, 11Division of Nursing Sciences and Reproductive Health ,
Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences Linköping Sweden,
On behalf: Heart Failure THIRST an international research project evaluating thirst in patients with heart
failure
Topic(s):
Chronic Nursing Care
Citation:
Funding Acknowledgements:
None.
Introduction: Thirst can be a prominent problem for patients with heart failure (HF) and might be caused by
local food habits, temperature, and use of nonpharmacological interventions (e.g. fluid restriction). In order to
get insight in the relevance of thirst of HF patients in different continents, and to target and individualize specific
intervention for HF patients related to thirst in each country, it is important to have a description of prevalence
of thirst, thirst intensity, thirst distress and related factors in different countries.
Purpose: To describe thirst and its dimensions (frequency, intensity, and thirst distress) of patients with chronic
HF from countries across continents.
Methods: An international crosssectional survey study is being conducted (20182020), including following
procedure: (i) Develop new language versions of the TDSHF. The procedure to develop new language
versions of the TDSHF complied with the COSMIN checklist; (ii) Data collection. Data on thirst are collected
from 100 patients with HF from each country, using stratification with 25 patients per NYHAclass. Data is
collected on thirst intensity (VAS, 0100 mm), thirst frequency (3 questions), thirst distress (8item Thirst
Distress Scale [TDSHF], scores 8 [no thirst distress] to 40 [severe thirst distress]), sociodemographic and
clinical data. Additional data is collected on salt intake, climate, temperature etc. for each country.
Results: In total, 18 countries from different continents participate in the study. Three countries have completed
the data collection, while other countries are collecting data (n=8) and some countries will start the data
collection (n=7). Data from Asia and Europe (n=5) included 414 patients (168 female and 246 male) from
different climate zones e.g. the cold, temperate, subtropical and tropical zones. The median (25th and 75th
percentiles) age was 69 (5979) and the mean (SD) LVEF % was 43±15. Most patients (55%) were never or
occasionally thirsty (55%), but many patients were frequently thirsty (45%). The median thirst intensity was 21
mm (050) and thirst distress score was 15 (924). Patients with NYHA class III, compared to patients with
NYHA class IIIIV, had lower thirst intensity (13 mm [030] vs. 38 [559], P= .01) and thirst distress (score
12 [818] vs. 21 [1330], P= .01).
Conclusions: In many countries worldwide, healthcare professionals are aware of the challenge’s HF patients
can experience with thirst. Based on the study results, interventions can be designed to help patients with HF to
relieve burdensome thirst distress.