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Body awareness showed no significant differences by age, gender, or treatment group (heart failure vs transplant), and no significant relationships with anxiety, depression, or anger.
Observational (n=90)
Body awareness can be reliably measured in heart failure and transplant patients and is not associated with negative moods such as anxiety or depression, suggesting it could be a safe target for improving symptom recognition.
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Body awareness appears measurable without mood links in HF/transplant; leaves open its role in symptom recognition.
Baas et al. (2004) conducted an observational in Heart failure or after transplant (n=90). Body awareness was evaluated on Body awareness and its relationship with age, gender, treatment group, and negative moods. Body awareness showed no significant differences by age, gender, or treatment group (heart failure vs transplant), and no significant relationships with anxiety, depression, or anger.
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