Why the study?
Do depressive symptoms predict declines in lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity, medication adherence, and sleep quality in patients with coronary heart disease?
Do depressive symptoms predict declines in lifestyle behaviors such as physical activity, medication adherence, and sleep quality in patients with coronary heart disease?
In patients with coronary heart disease, depressive symptoms are a significant predictor of worsening lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity and medication adherence.
Depressive symptoms may flag CHD patients for behavior decline risk; hypothesis-generating, prospective trials needed before guiding care.
Among patients with coronary heart disease, depressive symptoms were linked to a range of lifestyle risk factors and predicted further declines in physical activity, medication adherence, and sleep quality.
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