Background and objective Whether the level of self-management with dyadic coping in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients remains unclear. We investigate the longitudinal changes and correlations between dyadic coping and self-management in patients with CHF. Methods In this study, 106 pairs of chronic heart failure patients and spouses treated in the Department of Cardiology of the Hefei First People's Hospital were selected as study subjects between September 2020 and September 2021. The dyadic coping scale and self-management scale were used for the follow-up survey to analyze the changes and correlation between patients' self-management ability and dyadic coping. Results We followed 106 patients (19 patients lost) CHF for one year, whose overall self-management ability showed a significant decreasing trend. Male patients displayed lower self-management ability than that of female patients, especially at 6 months and 12 months of follow-up (PPP>0.05), a significant correlation was monitored at 6 months of discharge (PPConclusion Via elevating the dyadic coping level of patients' spouses, especially male spouses, the self-management ability of patients can be improved. The aforementioned findings provide a foundation for the future clinical nursing interventions to improve the life quality of CHF patients.
