Marital Status as an Independent Predictor of Event-Free Survival of Patients With Heart Failure | Zendy

Mei-Ling Chung | Zendy; Terry A. Lennie | Zendy; Bárbara Riegel | Zendy; Jianrong Wu | Zendy; Rebecca L. Dekker | Zendy; Debra K. Moser | Zendy

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Marital Status as an Independent Predictor of Event-Free Survival of Patients With Heart Failure

Author(s) -

Mei-Ling Chung,

Terry A. Lennie,

Bárbara Riegel,

Jianrong Wu,

Rebecca L. Dekker,

Debra K. Moser

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

american journal of critical care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1937-710X

pISSN - 1062-3264

DOI - 10.4037/ajcc2009388

Subject(s) - medicine , spouse , context (archaeology) , marital status , depression (economics) , proportional hazards model , heart failure , beck depression inventory , depressive symptoms , psychiatry , demography , population , cognition , anxiety , paleontology , environmental health , macroeconomics , sociology , anthropology , economics , biology

Depressive symptoms are a well-known predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure, and positive spousal support is associated with improved outcomes in these patients. However, in the context of depressive symptoms, the effect on survival of having a spouse is unknown.

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