A Couples’ Based Self-Management Program for Heart Failure: Results of a Feasibility Study

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Trivedi, Ranak ^a,b   Slightam, Cindie ^b   Fan, Vincent S ^c,d   Rosland, Ann Marie ^e,f   Nelson, Karin ^c,d   Timko, Christine ^b   Asch, Steven M ^a,b   Zeliadt, Steven B ^c,d   Heidenreich, Paul ^a,b   Hebert, Paul L ^c,d   Piette, John D ^e,f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver self management; caregivers; couples chronic illness; couples disease management; dyadic behavior change

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029737658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00171     Document Type: Article

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