The Impact of Relationship Quality on Health-Related Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients and Informal Family Caregivers: An Integrative Review.

CONCLUSIONS: Relationship quality and communication seem to matter in the health and well-being of both HF patients and their informal family caregivers. More research is needed to elucidate mechanisms and to design effective relationship-focused interventions.
PMID: 25955196 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - May 7, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Hooker SA, Grigsby ME, Riegel B, Bekelman DB Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research