Depression is a major determinant of quality of life in patients with chronic systolic heart failure in general practice
Depression is a major determinant of quality of life in patients with chronic systolic heart failure in general practice
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.07.008
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发表时间:
2007-12-01
影响因子:
6
通讯作者:
Herzog, Wolfgang
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作者:
Mueller-Tasch, Thomas;Peters-Klimm, Frank;Herzog, Wolfgang
Background: Quality of life (QoL) is severely restricted in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Patients frequently suffer from depressive comorbidity. It is not clear, to what extent sociodemographic variables, heart failure severity, somatic comorbidities and depression determine QoL of patients with CHF in primary care. Methods and Results: In a cross-sectional analysis, 167 patients, 68.2 +/- 10.1 years old, 68.9% male, New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II-IV Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)