Association between Depressive Symptoms and Exercise Capacity in Patients with Heart Disease: A META-ANALYSIS

Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 239-249

  Papasavvas, Theodoros ^a,b   Alhashemi, Mohammad ^a   Micklewright, Dominic ^b  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; depression; exercise capacity; mortality; prognosis

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84978655734     PISSN: 19327501     EISSN: 1932751X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000193     Document Type: Review

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