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Table 2 Key of abbreviations

From: Individual and systems-related factors associated with heart failure self-care: a systematic review

Full name

Abbreviation

Adult Reading Test

NART

Beck Depression Inventory Second Edition

BDI-II

Brain-natriuretic peptide

BNP

Brief Health Literacy Scale

BHLS

Brief Symptom Inventory

BSI

Careers of Older People in Europe Index

COPE Index

Caregiver Burden Inventory

CBI

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression

CES-D

Charlson Comorbidity Index

CCI

Chinese version of the Resilience Scale

CRS

Control Attitude Scale Revised

CAS-R

Duke Activity Status Index

DASI

Dutch Exertion Fatigue Scale

DEFS

Dutch Heart Failure Knowledge Scale

DHFKS

Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease

ENRICHD

ENRICHD Social Support Instrument

ESSI

Epworth Sleepiness Scale

ESS

Family Adaptability Partnership Growth Affection and Resolve

Family APGAR

Fatigue Assessment Scale

FAS

Geriatric Depression Scale

GDS

Glomerular Filtration Rate

GFR

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

HADS

Heart Failure Somatic Perception Scale

HFSPS

Heart Failure Symptom Survey

HFSS

Heart Failure Knowledge Test-Chinese version

HFKT-C

Japanese Heart Failure Knowledge Scale

JHFKS

Macarthur Scale of Subjective Social Status

MSSSS

Medical Outcomes Study

MOS

Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale-Heart Failure

MSAS-HF

Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Careers of Older People in Europe Index (COPE Index);

MMSE

Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire

MLHFQ

Montreal Cognitive Assessment

MoCA

Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

MSPSS

New York Heart Association

NYHA

Patient Activation Measure

PAM

Patient Health Questionnaire

PHQ9

Scale of Evaluation of the Self-care of Patients with Heart Failure

EAAPIC

Self-care of HF Index

SCHFI

Short Form-12

SF12

Social Problem Solving Inventory Revised-Short

SPSIR-S

Symptoms of Anxiety-Depression Index

SAD4

The European Heart Failure Self-care Behavior Scale 9

EHFScBS-9

Type D personality scale

DS-14