Authors
Michael L Alosco, Mary Beth Spitznagel, Manfred van Dulmen, Naftali Raz, Ronald Cohen, Lawrence H Sweet, Lisa H Colbert, Richard Josephson, Joel Hughes, Jim Rosneck, John Gunstad
Publication date
2012/11/1
Journal
Psychosomatic medicine
Volume
74
Issue
9
Pages
965-973
Publisher
LWW
Description
Objective
Treatment recommendation and guidelines for patients with heart failure (HF) can be complex, and past work has shown that patients with HF demonstrate low rates of adherence to recommended health behaviors. Although previous work has identified several medical, demographic, and psychosocial predictors of the capacity to adhere to treatment recommendations of persons with HF, little is known about the contribution of cognitive impairment to reported treatment adherence in this population.
Methods
A total of 149 persons with HF (mean [standard deviation]= 68.08 [10.74] years) completed a brief fitness assessment and neuropsychological testing. Treatment adherence was assessed using the Heart Failure Compliance Questionnaire, a brief measure that asks participants to report their adherence to a variety of recommended health behaviors (ie, medication management, diet, and exercise, among …
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