This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/JOCN.15119 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved The Self-Care of Heart Failure Index: A Psychometric Study Binu Koirala, PhD, MGS, RN 1,2 Chakra Budhathoki, PhD 1 Cheryl R. Dennison-Himmelfarb, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN 1,3 Priyanka Bhattarai, BN (Hons), PhD(c) 4 Patricia M. Davidson, PhD, MEd, RN, FAAN 1 1 School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205 United States 2 Center for Innovative Care in Aging, 525 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205 United States 3 Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2024 E Monument St, Baltimore, MD, 21205 United States 4 School of Nursing, The University of Notre Dame, 32 Mouat St, Fremantle WA 6160, Australia Corresponding author: Binu Koirala, PhD, MGS, RN Faculty/ Research Associate Principal Faculty, Center for Innovative Care in Aging Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing 525 N. Wolfe Street, Room 521 Baltimore, MD 21205 United States E-mail: bkoiral1@jhu.edu Phone: +1-707-225-2166 Acknowledgements Author(s) appreciate Prof Barbara Riegel for her generous permission to translate SCHFI and her valuable feedback and guidance on the study. Additionally, the team highly value the time and support received from bilingual translators and panel experts to review and refine Nepali SCHFI. Accepted Article