Key result
No randomized controlled trials of psychological interventions for depression in patients with heart failure were identified.
Why the study?
Do psychological interventions reduce depression in adults with heart failure?
Systematic Review
Do psychological interventions reduce depression in adults with heart failure?
There is currently a complete lack of randomized controlled trials evaluating the efficacy of psychological interventions for depression in patients with heart failure.
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Depression screening in HF may improve adherence; leaves open whether treating depression alters mortality or events.
Lane et al. (2005) conducted a systematic review in Heart failure and depression. Psychological interventions vs. Usual care or no intervention was evaluated on Significant reduction in depression. No randomized controlled trials of psychological interventions for depression in patients with heart failure were identified.
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