Relationship between mutuality and depression in patients with chronic heart failure and caregivers in China: An actor-partner interdependence model analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with chronic heart failure and their family caregivers may experience adverse emotional problems, such as depression. Mutuality, which refers to the relationship between caregivers and those they care for, is an important factor affecting depression in the dyads. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mutuality and depression in patients with CHF and their caregivers in China.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, we used the Mutuality Scale and the Self-Rating Depression Scale to measure mutuality and depression of patients and caregivers. We used SPSS version 26.0 and AMOS version 21.0 to analyze the data. An APIM was established to analyze the actor-partner effects of patient-caregiver mutuality and depression.

Result

SUBMITTER: Zhou T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9493196 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature