Population
23 veterans with heart failure (HF) and their spouses
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Correlated depressive symptoms and caregiver burden in HF dyads warrant clinical attention; extends dyadic research but remains hypothesis-generating.
In veterans with heart failure, patient and spousal depressive symptoms and caregiver burden are significantly interrelated and associated with poorer disease management and relationship satisfaction.
Trivedi et al. (2012) studied this question.
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