A Self-Administered Eating Behavior Scale for Patients With Heart Failure Living at Home: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Scale Development Study

Daisaku Kashiwakura   ^{1, 2} , RN, MHS ;   Akiko Hiyama   ¹ , RN, PhD ;   Masumi Muramatsu   ¹ , RN, PhD ;   Atsuko Hinotsu   ¹ , RN, PhD ;   Michiko Takeda   ³ , RN, CNML ;   Norio Suzuki   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Sachie Akiyama   ⁵ , RN, CN-CHFN ;   Sayuri Kurihara   ⁶ , RN, CHFE ;   Keisuke Kida   ⁷ , MD, PhD

¹ Graduate School of Nursing, Sapporo City University, Sapporo, Japan

² Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Medical Care, Japan Healthcare University, Sapporo, Japan

³ Department of Nursing, Aishin Memorial Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

⁵ Department of Nursing, Kawasaki Municipal Tama Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan

⁶ Department of Nursing, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan

⁷ Department of Pharmacology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan