Difficulty Taking Medications, Depression, and Health Status in Heart Failure Patients
Morgan AL, Masoudi FA, Havranek EP, Jones PG, Peterson PN, Krumholz HM, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Consortium F. Difficulty Taking Medications, Depression, and Health Status in Heart Failure Patients. Journal Of Cardiac Failure 2006, 12: 54-60. PMID: 16500581, DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKansas City Cardiomyopathy QuestionnaireHeart failure outpatientsWorse health statusHealth statusDepressive symptomsMedication nonadherenceLeft ventricular ejection fractionPatient-reported difficultyHeart failure populationHeart failure patientsVentricular ejection fractionCross-sectional associationsMore depressive symptomsCoexistent depressionTaking MedicationsFailure patientsClinical factorsEjection fractionMedication adherenceDepression treatmentFailure populationMedical historyClinical evaluationMultivariable regressionMedications