correlational
Analysis v1
Strong Support
For people with long-term heart failure, how well they take care of themselves at home doesn’t seem to make a difference in whether they live longer or not.
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Supporting (1)
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Self-Care and All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.
Cohort Study
Human
2016 MarThe study found that how well heart failure patients take care of themselves overall didn’t affect how long they lived, which matches the claim. But eating too much salt did increase risk — that’s just one part of self-care, not the whole picture.
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