Mediating Role of Resilience in the Relationship between Depression and Perceived Psychological Health in Patients with Heart Failure

• Study Design: Cross-sectional • Participants:  (a) 128 participants [Mean age= 63.30 (SD=12.37); 27.34% female participants; 92.7% NYHA classes I & II, 7.3% NYHA classes III]  (b) Community-dwelling and medically stable patients with echocardiographically documented heart failure.  (c) Participants were recruited from cardiology outpatient clinics in Northern Taiwan. • Analyses:  Hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted to determine whether depression and resilience predicted perceived physical and psychological health status.  Mediator The mediating role of resilience was analyzed using the PROCESS procedure in SPSS. • Measures  Depressive symptoms  The Beck Depression Inventory (2nd edition, BDI-II) Figure 1. Resilience mediates the relationship between depressive symptoms and psychological health status  Resilience  the Chinese version of the Resilience Scale (RS)  Physical and psychological health status the Medical Outcome Studies 36-Item Short Form (SF-36) Health Survey, Taiwan standard version 1.0