Spare Ronnie from Drowning: Reducing Heart Failure Symptoms in Hospice Patients Utilizing a New Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Algorithm (TH371C)

Abstract

gender was associated with lower need for support with anxiety (OR: 0.42; 95% CI: 0.20, 0.88). Older age was associated with increased needs for support managing pain (p¼0.02). Religiosity was protective regarding needs for support with sadness (OR: 0.41; 95% CI: 0.18, 0.94) and pain management (OR: 0.34; 95% CI: 0.15, 0.78). Conclusion. Adults with CF report significant unmet needs for support in a number of physical and emotional domains; many of these associations were associated with various sociodemographic characteristics, most notably, income.