Key result
Lower initial social support was associated with longitudinal increases in depression (P=0.044), but not anxiety (P=0.856), over 2 years in outpatients with heart failure.
Why the study?
Does initial social support amount predict longitudinal changes in depression and anxiety in heart failure outpatients?
Cohort (n=108)
Does initial social support amount predict longitudinal changes in depression and anxiety in heart failure outpatients?
p-value: p=0.044
Lower initial social support is associated with increasing depression over 2 years in heart failure outpatients, highlighting the need for psychosocial assessment and support interventions.
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May identify HF patients at risk for worsening depression; leaves open whether enhancing social support alters trajectories.
Friedmann et al. (2013) conducted a cohort in Heart failure (n=108). Social support vs. Lower social support was evaluated on Longitudinal changes in depression and anxiety (p=0.044). Lower initial social support was associated with longitudinal increases in depression (P=0.044), but not anxiety (P=0.856), over 2 years in outpatients with heart failure.
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