JungHee Kang, PhD, MPH, RN, Geunyeong Cha, MSN, Chin-Yen Lin, PhD, Jia-Rong Wu, RN, PhD, Chizimuzo Okoli, PhD, Abigail Latimer, PhD, Terry Lennie, RN, PhD, Martha Biddle, PhD, ARNP, Misook Chung, PhD, and Debra Moser, PhD, RN
November 2024
Background: Depressive symptoms (DS) are highly prevalent in patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Sedentary behavior is associated with DS, and together they worsen CVD health outcomes. Rural patients exhibit greater incidence of DS and physical inactivity than their urban counterparts. While females and younger adults are more likely to experience DS in general, how sedentary time (ST) interacts with age and sex on DS in rural patients with CVD has not been elucidated.