Abstract'Heart failure self care'refers to the practices in which patients engage to maintain
their own health, and to the decisions that they make about managing signs or symptoms. In …

OBJECTIVE: The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is used to treat life-threatening
ventricular arrhythmias and in the prevention of sudden cardiac death. A significant …

Previous research has indicated that anxiety may be associated with adverse health
outcomes in heart failure patients. Little research, however, has explored whether anxiety …

Background Nonadherence to treatment recommendations is a leading preventable cause
of rehospitalization and premature mortality in chronic heart failure (HF) patients. Purpose …

Objective Psychological distress has been associated with poor outcomes in patients with
chronic heart failure (HF), which is assumed to be partly due to poor HF self-care behavior …

Background The influences on the psychological well-being of heart failure (HF) patients
have received limited attention. Illness perceptions are a specific set of cognitive …

Background: Psychological responses have been reported for some patients after the
insertion of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). This study tested the effects of a …

Uncertainty in illness is regarded as a source of stress in many chronic diseases and is
negatively related to health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, studies on the …

Background Depressive symptoms are linked to increased morbidity and mortality, and
impaired health status in patients with heart failure. Elevating resilience may mitigate the …

Background: Anxiety is a serious affective mood disorder that affects many chronic heart
failure patients. While there is ample evidence that depression increases hospitalisations …