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The Impact of an Intervention to Improve Caregiver Contribution to Heart Failure Self-care on Caregiver Anxiety, Depression, Quality of Life, and Sleep.

Giulia LocatelliPaola ReboraGiuseppe OcchinoDavide AusiliBarbara RiegelAndrea CammaranoIzabella UchmanowiczRosaria AlvaroErcole VelloneValentina Zeffiro
Published in: The Journal of cardiovascular nursing (2023)
Motivational interview aimed at improving caregiver contribution to self-care does not seem to increase caregiver anxiety and depression, nor decrease their quality of life and sleep. Thus, such an intervention might be safely delivered to caregivers of patients with heart failure, although further studies are needed to confirm our findings.
Keyphrases
  • sleep quality
  • heart failure
  • randomized controlled trial
  • physical activity
  • depressive symptoms
  • left ventricular
  • cardiac resynchronization therapy
  • acute heart failure