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

ObjectiveTo identify differences in psychosocial, behavioural and clinical outcomes between patients with heart failure (HF) with and without stroke.Design and participantsA secondary analysis of 1023 patients with heart failure enrolled in the Coordinating study evaluating Outcomes of Advising and Counselling in Heart failure.SettingSeventeen hospitals located across the Netherlands.Outcomes measuresDepressive symptoms (Centre for Epidemiological StudiesDepressionScale), quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire, Ladder of Life Scale), self-care (European Heart Failur... Mehr ...