Objective Both depression and inadequate self-care are common in patients with heart
failure. This secondary analysis examines the one-year outcomes of a randomized …

Importance Depression and inadequate self-care are common and interrelated problems
that increase the risks of hospitalization and mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) …

Background: Major depression and inadequate self-care are common in patients with heart
failure (HF). Little is known about how to intervene when both problems are present. This …

Background Depression is a recognized barrier to heart failure self-care, but there has been
little research on interventions to improve heart failure self-care in depressed patients …

Background Depression has been identified as a barrier to effective heart failure self-care,
but recent studies suggest that the relationship between depression and self-care is more …

Major depression (MD) is prevalent in patients with heart failure (HF) and contributes to
increased risk of hospitalization and mortality. The implementation of cognitive behavioral …

BACKGROUND: Although chronic heart failure (CHF) is often complicated by comorbid
depression and poor self-care, little is known about their specific association in patients with …

Objective Although cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) is efficacious for major depression in
patients with heart failure (HF), approximately half of patients do not remit after CBT. To …

Background Although engaging in self-care is important to improve quality of life in patients
with heart failure (HF), lack of family support and depressive symptoms of both patients and …

Cognitive behavioral therapy has emerged as an important approach to alleviate the
depression of patients with heart failure. However, the use of cognitive behavioral therapy …