It is necessary to understand the learning needs of heart failure (HF) patients to provide adequate patient education. It is necessary to identify what HF patients want to know and how this differs from the educational needs of healthcare providers. The aim of this descriptive and exploratory study was to evaluate and compare the learning needs priorities between HF patients and their healthcare providers. One hundred patients with HF and 20 healthcare providers were recruited from cardiovascular outpatient clinics at 2 large tertiary medical centers in South Korea. Learning needs were measured using a self-administered questionnaire with the Heart Failure Patients’ Learning Needs Inventory. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0 program. Overall rank orders for 48 items were similar in both groups (Spearman rank order correlation 0.605, p < .001). The educational topics of medications and worsening signs and symptoms ranked highest in both groups. However, healthcare providers were more concerned with diet management than were the patients (mean score 4.18 vs. 3.62; p = .001). The study showed both similarities and differences between the assessments of the patients and healthcare providers of detailed educational learning needs. It is important to develop patient-centered educational materials considering HF patients’ actual learning needs, and also to provide comprehensive and practical patient education based on a supportive understanding of healthcare provider needs.

有必要了解心力衰竭（HF）患者的学习需求，以提供足够的患者教育。有必要确定HF患者想知道什么以及这与医疗保健提供者的教育需求有何不同。这项描述性和探索性研究的目的是评估和比较HF患者及其医疗保健提供者的学习需求优先级。从韩国2个大型三级医疗中心的心血管门诊招募了100名HF患者和20名医疗保健提供者。使用自我管理的问卷和心力衰竭患者的学习需求量表测量学习需求。使用SPSS 23.0程序分析数据。两组中48个项目的总体排名顺序相似（Spearman排名顺序相关系数为0.605，p <.001）。药物，症状和症状恶化的教育主题在两组中排名最高。但是，医疗保健提供者比患者更关心饮食管理（平均得分4.18对3.62；p = .001）。该研究表明，对患者和医疗保健提供者的详细教育学习需求的评估既相似又不同。考虑到HF患者的实际学习需求，以患者为中心的教学材料非常重要，并且在对医疗服务提供者需求的支持性理解的基础上，提供全面而实用的患者教育也很重要。