From the Health Psychology Section (J.C.C., E.v.S., R.S.), Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry (J.C.C.), University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Social and Welfare Studies (T.J.), Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköpings Universitet, Linköping, Sweden; and Department of Cardiology (T.J., M.-L.L., D.J.v.V.), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to James C. Coyne, PhD, Health Psychology Section, Department of Health Science, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, HPC FA12, PO Box 196, NL-9700 AD Groningen, the Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]
The Coordinating Study Evaluating Outcomes of Advising and Counselling in Heart Failure was supported by a program grant from the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2000Z003). D.J.v.V. is a clinical established investigator of the Netherlands Heart Foundation (D97-017).
Received for publication October 19, 2010; revision received April 27, 2011.