Quality of Life and Depressive Symptoms in Heart Failure Patients and Their Partners: The Impact of Role and Gender

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 580-585

  Luttik, Marie Louise ^a   Lesman Leegte, I ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

heart failure; Psychological health; sex; spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 68849119808     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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