Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure
Rumsfeld JS, Havranek E, Masoudi FA, Peterson ED, Jones P, Tooley JF, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Consortium C. Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 42: 1811-1817. PMID: 14642693, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.07.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireKCCQ summary scoreDepressive symptomsQuality of lifeHealth statusKCCQ scoresHeart failureDepressed patientsSummary scoresMulticenter prospective cohort studyStrongest predictorBaseline KCCQ scoresProspective cohort studySignificant depressive symptomsSpecific health statusTreatment of depressionShort-term worseningPredictors of changeHF careHF symptomsCohort studyPrimary outcomePotential confoundersPatient variablesMultivariable model