Effect of sexual function on health-related quality of life mediated by depressive symptoms in cardiac rehabilitation. Findings of the SPARK project in 493 patients

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2044-2055

  Kriston, Levente ^a,b   Günzler, Cindy ^a   Agyemang, Anja ^a   Bengel, Jürgen ^c   Berner, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac rehabilitation; Cardiovascular diseases; Depression; Quality of life; Sexual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEART REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EID: 77953948944     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01761.x     Document Type: Article

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