Patients' expectations in the context of medical treatment represent a growing area of
research, with accumulating evidence suggesting their influence on health outcomes across …

Background Resilience is the capacity of individuals to maintain, or regain, their mental
health in the face of significant adversity, including physical illness. Objective We conducted …

Developed by Robert Connell, the theory of gender and power is a social structural theory
based on existing philosophical writings of sexual inequality and gender and power …

Psychosocial coping resources have been found to protect against depressive symptoms in
people with and without chronic diseases. It has not been established, however, whether …

Anxiety has both functionally appropriate and inappropriate consequences. Among patients
with cardiac disease, anxiety can be functionally appropriate when it prompts an individual …

BACKGROUND: Although common among patients with heart failure, depression and
anxiety have been relatively neglected by researchers and practitioners. Both depression …

Background Depression in patients with heart failure commonly goes undiagnosed and
untreated. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a simple, valid measure of …

BACKGROUND: Chronic heart failure (CHF) causes great suffering for both patients and
their partners. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of an integrated dyad care …

Self-care is fundamental to achieving optimal outcomes in patients with heart failure.
Unfortunately, self-care among patients with heart failure is commonly poor, and patients …

Aims: To describe the levels and identify independent predictors of caregiver burden in
partners of patients with heart failure. Background: Care and support from a partner are …