Progress in cardiovascular nursing
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Prog Cardiovasc Nurs
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Prog Cardiovasc Nurs · Jan 2006
Somatic symptoms explain differences in psychological distress in heart failure patients vs a comparison group.
Psychological distress is common among patients with heart failure (HF); however, somatic symptoms are also common and may confound its assessment. Understanding the contributions of symptoms to psychological distress may assist in focusing treatment. ⋯ The HF patients scored higher on depression, as measured by the Centers for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Scale, but not on the other depression or anxiety scales. Group-related differences in depression were explained by sleep disturbance, fatigue, and excessive daytime sleepiness, after accounting for the effects of age, sex, minority status, comorbidity, and physical function.