Associations Among Perceived Control, Depressive Symptoms, and Well-being in Patients With Heart Failure and Their Spouses: A Dyadic Approach.

CONCLUSION: In an interdependent relationship within the patient-spouse dyads, each dyad member's perceived control influenced their partner's emotional well-being as well as depressive symptoms. The findings suggest development of dyadic interventions that can increase perceived control over the heart condition.
PMID: 32398503 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - May 7, 2020 Category: Nursing Authors: Strömberg A, Liljeroos M, Ågren S, Årestedt K, Chung ML Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research