The Relationship Between Objectively Measured Step Count, Clinical Characteristics, and Quality of Life Among Depressed Patients Recently Hospitalized With Systolic Heart Failure

Conclusions Patients with HF and comorbid depression are generally sedentary after hospital discharge. Although mood symptoms and LVEF were unrelated to objective PA, patients with higher step counts self-reported better HRQoL. Trial Registration:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02044211.
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research