Livet för patienter med hjärtsvikt
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Background: Patients with heart failure is a patient group growing in numbers, the most common treatment focuses on reliving symptoms and the only cure is heart transplantation. Objective: Aim of the study was to illuminate patients' experiences of living with heart failure at his home. Method: Qualitative design, with a manifest content analysis. The results are based on 12 scientific articles. Results: Patients with heart failure find that the disease is limited to their daily lives through mental illness and physical symptoms. The short comings of given information to the Patients are a necessary element to include in the planning for Patients future life. The Patients are experiencing that their lives are hanging on a thread as their life is running out, giving anxiety and worries. The need for palliative care is great, but is experienced by patients as containing large gaps. Discussion: Heart failure is a hidden disease, where patients with heart failure often feel like a burden on the environment. Dependence on other people gives a feeling of hope and hopelessness. Conclusion: information plays a large role in how patients with heart failure are able to live with their everyday lives.