Cognitive function and treatment adherence in older adults with heart failure

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 965-973

  Alosco, Michael L ^a   Spitznagel, Mary Beth ^a,b   Van Dulmen, Manfred ^a   Raz, Naftali ^c   Cohen, Ronald ^d   Sweet, Lawrence H ^e   Colbert, Lisa H ^f   Josephson, Richard ^g,h,i   Hughes, Joel ^a,b   Rosneck, Jim ^b   Gunstad, John ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AKRON CITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rhode Island Medical Center   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^h Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

ⁱ CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive impairment; executive function; heart failure; treatment adherence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870248837     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318272ef2a     Document Type: Article

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