Gender Differences in Cognitive Test Performance in Adults With Heart Failure.

CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of persons with HF, men exhibited poorer performance on memory measures than women did. Future studies are needed to determine the underlying mechanisms for this pattern and its possible influence on daily function.
PMID: 27028589 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - March 28, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Rochette AD, Spitznagel MB, Sweet LH, Cohen RA, Josephson R, Hughes J, Gunstad J Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research