Do self-care behaviors moderate the relationship between physical/depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life in heart failure?
Engagement in self-care behaviors moderates the impact of physical and depressive symptoms on health-related quality of life in patients with heart failure.
In HF, HRQOL is dependent on both the severity of physical and depressive symptoms and the level of engagement in HF self-care behaviors. Future research should consider both self-care behaviors and symptoms when examining patient HRQOL.
Auld et al. (Wed,) studied this question.