The Relationship Between Fatigue and Self-care in Adults With Heart Failure: A Scoping Review

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Scoping review highlights how fatigue negatively impacts self-care in adults with heart failure, indicating a need for deeper investigation.

Fatigue significantly impairs self-care behaviors among adults with heart failure, leading to poorer health outcomes.
Out of 2107 studies screened, only 19 met the criteria to explore the relationship between fatigue and self-care.
A variety of measures for fatigue and self-care exist, complicating data comparison across studies.
Cross-sectional and nonexperimental designs were predominantly used, suggesting gaps for longitudinal research.

Hoch et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Scoping review highlights how fatigue negatively impacts self-care in adults with heart failure, indicating a need for deeper investigation.