A patient-centered perspective of treating depressive symptoms in chronic heart failure: What do patients prefer?. Issue 6 (June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lossnitzer, Nicole; Herzog, Wolfgang; Schultz, Jobst Hendrik; Taeger, Tobias; Frankenstein, Lutz; Wild, Beate
• Is Part Of: Patient education and counseling. Volume 98:Issue 6(2015)
• Page Start: 783
• Page End: 787
• Publication Date: 2015-06
• Subjects: Patient education -- Periodicals; Health counseling -- Periodicals; Health education -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Patient Education -- Periodicals; Éducation des patients -- Périodiques; Counseling -- Périodiques; Éducation sanitaire -- Périodiques; 615.5071
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.02.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0738-3991

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Treatment preferences of CHF patients reporting depressive symptoms (<italic>n</italic> = 85).</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Most patients (64.7%) preferred a low-threshold service with supportive talks.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Only 31.4% expressed a readiness to take an antidepressant.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">After three-month, 24.7% had actually participated in a treatment.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0025"> <label></label> <p id="par0025">Generalized anxiety was closely related to the disposition to begin a treatment.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>