Towards optimal heart failure care: Couples-oriented strategies to improve patient adherence and health outcomes

Current Cardiology Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 243-248

  Toukhsati, Samia R ^a,b   Hare, David L ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Chronic heart failure; Couples therapy; Depression; Secondary prevention; Self care; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COUPLE ORIENTED STRATEGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEUROSECRETION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SPOUSE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84981524966     PISSN: 1573403X     EISSN: 18756557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573403X12666160606122451     Document Type: Article

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