Patients with heart failure with and without a history of stroke in the Netherlands : A secondary analysis of psychosocial, behavioural and clinical outcomes up to three years from the COACH trial

Objective To identify differences in psychosocial, behavioural and clinical outcomes between patients with heart failure (HF) with and without stroke. Design and participants A secondary analysis of 1023 patients with heart failure enrolled in the Coordinating study evaluating Outcomes of Advising and Counselling in Heart failure. Setting Seventeen hospitals located across the Netherlands. Outcomes measures Depressive symptoms (Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire, Ladder of Life Scale), self-care (European Hea... Mehr ...