Executive function moderates the relationship between depressive symptoms and resting heart rate variability in heart failure

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 192-200

  Gathright, Emily C ^a   Walter, Fawn A ^a   Hawkins, Misty A W ^b   Spitznagel, Mary Beth ^a   Hughes, Joel W ^a,c   Gunstad, John ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AKRON CITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Executive function; Heart failure; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CARE;

EID: 84961207178     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-015-9684-8     Document Type: Article

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