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

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Physical activity (PA) can improve symptoms of both depression and heart failure (HF), but objective activity data among recently hospitalized HF patients with comorbid depression are lacking. We examined PA and the relationship between daily step counts and mood, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), and heart health among patients enrolled in a clinical trial treating HF and comorbid depression.

Methods

We screened hospitalized patients with systolic HF (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] ≤45%) and New York Heart Association class II-IV symptoms for depression using the two-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) and telephoned screen-positive patients to administer the PHQ-9 2 weeks after discharge. If the patient scored PHQ-9 ≥10 and agreed to contin

SUBMITTER: Holber JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb-Mar 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature