Effects of Coping Resources on Depressive Symptoms in Rural Heart Failure Patient-Caregiver Dyads: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Modeling Analysis

Key Points

• Investigate how coping resources affect depressive symptoms in patient-caregiver dyads with heart failure in rural areas.
• Used dyadic analysis to assess actor-partner interdependence modeling.
• Target population included heart failure patients and their caregivers in rural settings.
• Improved coping resources correlated with reduced depressive symptoms in both patients and caregivers.
• Findings support the need for dyadic interventions in rural health contexts.