Elsevier

Psychosomatics

Volume 48, Issue 2, March–April 2007, Pages 112-116
Psychosomatics

Routine Screening for Depression and Quality of Life in Outpatients With Congestive Heart Failure

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The influence of depression and perceived quality of life (QoL) on symptom perception and prognosis in congestive heart failure is well known. The authors therefore introduced routine questionnaire screening for these parameters in patients attending their outpatient heart failure clinic (N = 320). The authors found QoL to be significantly reduced, and almost every third patient screened positive for a depressive disorder. These patients got a clearly-defined treatment offer. The present study demonstrates that screening for depression and QoL is feasible without being too complex or time-consuming and easily implementable in an interdisciplinary outpatient setting.

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Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

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