BACKGROUND: Little is known about symptoms and their burden in outpatients with chronic
heart failure. Diverse symptoms may be associated with poor heart failure-related quality of …

BACKGROUND: Psychologic comorbidities, particularly depression, often accompany heart
failure and add to the complexity of clinical management. We conducted a study to describe …

BACKGROUND: Depression impairs health status among patients with coronary disease.
The effect of depression on patients with heart failure has been studied to date only in …

BACKGROUND: To examine whether depression and heart failure severity are independent
predictors of both the physical and psychologic domains of health-related quality of life …

BACKGROUND: Quality of life (QoL) is severely restricted in patients with chronic heart
failure (CHF). Patients frequently suffer from depressive comorbidity. It is not clear, to what …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess whether depressive symptoms are
independently associated with changes in heart failure (HF)-specific health status …

Little is known about the burden of illness associated with advanced congestive heart failure
(CHF). Understanding the needs of this population requires further information about …

Background: Heart failure is an escalating health problem around the world. Despite
significant scientific advances, heart failure patients experience multiple physical and …

Objective: The aim of this prospective study was to examine the prevalence, recognition, and
treatment of depression and anxiety in ambulatory patients with heart failure. Method: A total …

Objectives: The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of depression in an out-
patient heart failure (HF) population; its relationship to quality of life (QOL); and the impact of …