The real world mental health needs of heart failure patients are not reflected by the depression randomized controlled trial evidence.

INTRODUCTION: International depression screening guidelines in heart failure (HF) are partly based on depression treatment efficacy from randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Our aim was to test the external validity of depression RCT criteria in a sample of real-world HF patients. METHODS: HF patien...

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Main Authors: Phillip J Tully, Gary Wittert, Terina Selkow, Harald Baumeister
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3901664?pdf=render