title: [Self-Care, Sense Of Coherence And Depression In Patients Hospitalized For Decompensated Heart Failure].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the self-care behaviors according to gender, the symptoms of depression and sense of coherence and compare the measurements of depression and sense of coherence according to gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  A correlational, cross-sectional study that investigated 132 patients with decompensated heart failure (HF). Data were collected through interviews and consultation to medical records, and analyzed using the chi-square and the Student's t tests with significance level of 0.05. Participants were 75 men and 57 women, aged 63.2 years on average (SD = 13.8).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No differences in self-care behavior by gender were found, except for rest after physical activity (p = 0.017). Patients who practiced physical activity showed fewer symptoms of depression (p<0.001). There were no differences in sense of coherence according to self-care behavior and gender. Women had more symptoms of depression than men (p = 0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Special attention should be given to women with HF considering self-care and depressive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Viviane Martinelli Pelegrino
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luma Nascimento
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rejane Kiyomi
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lídia Aparecida
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosana Aparecida Spadoti
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dantas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D012737:Sex Factors