Misook Lee Chung, PhD, RN
Associate ProfessorMisook Lee Chung earned her master's degree from the College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, and her PhD from the University of Kentucky College of Nursing.
Dr. Chung currently is an associate professor for the UK College of Nursing, where she is a co-director and research scientist with the RICH Heart Program. She has an independent research program as well. She has conducted a number of observational/interventional research studies as a project director in the RICH Heart Program.
Dr. Chung has been studying patients with heart failure and family caregivers since 2002. Her research emphasis is on the dynamic interdependent relationship between patients with chronic cardiovascular disease and family caregivers and the behavioral, physiological, and psychological outcomes of both participating members, and on developing effective family based interventions to improve outcomes in both patients and caregivers. Her program of research covers a broad range of factors affecting outcomes in the adult heart failure population, such as adherence behaviors (e.g., low sodium diet and medication), patients’ psychological distress (e.g., depression and anxiety), perceived social support, and family caregivers’ burden and emotional distress.
Dr. Chung was a finalist in the Heart Failure Society of America Nursing Research Award in 2004 and won first place in the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses Oral Research Competition in 2006. The American Heart Association on Cardiovascular Nursing awarded her the Research Article of the Year in 2010.
Publications
Chung, M.
L., Dekker, R.
L., Lennie, T.
A., Dunbar, S.
B., Pressler, S.
, Moser, D.
K. (2013).
Antidepressants do not improve event-free survival in patients with heart failure when depressive symptoms remain.
Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 42 (2), 85-91.
Chung, M.
L., Moser, D.
K., Lennie, T.
A., Frazier, S.
K. (2012).
Perceived social support predicted quality of life in patients with heart failure, but the effect is mediated by depressive symptoms.
Quality of Life Research.
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Chung, M.L., Bakas, T., Plue, L.D., Roudebush, R.L., Williams, L.S. (2013, February).
Effects of Self-Esteem, Optimism, and Perceived Control on Depression: Testing Dyadic Dynamics in Stroke Survivor-Spouse Dyads. 2013 American Heart Association Stroke Conference, American Heart Association, Honolulu, HI.
Chung, M.L., Lennie, T.A., Mudd-Martin, G.T., Biddle, M.J., Casey, B.R., Bailey, A.L., Novak, J., Moser, D.K. (2012, November).
Depressed rural residents are at high risk of cardiovascular disease. 2012 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Dekker, R.L., Lennie, T.A., Doering, L.V., Chung, M.L., Wu, J.R., Moser, D.K. (2012, November).
Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictor of anxiety symptoms in patients with heart failure. 2012 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association , Los Angeles, CA.
Chung, M.L., Lennie, T.A., Mudd-Martin, G.T., Frazier, S.F., Biddle, M.J., Casey, B.R., Bailey, A.L., Novak, J., Moser, D.K. (2012, November).
Family caregivers have greater risk of depression and cardiovascular disease than non-caregivers in rural Kentucky. 2012 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Mudd-Martin, G.T., Chung, M.L., Frazier, S.F., Lennie, T.A., Biddle, M.J., Casey, B.R., Bailey, A.L., Novak, J., Moser, D.K. (2012, November).
Family history of cardiovascular disease in a first depress relative is associated with high risk profile, but not healthier life style. 2012 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, Los Angeles, CA.
Chung, M.L., Moser, D.K., Lennie, T.A. (2012, September).
Perceived benefits of, but not barriers to, following a low sodium diet predict long-term adherence in patients with heart failure. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting, Heart Failure Society of America, Seattle, WA.
Chung, M.L., Moser, D.K., Lennie, T.A. (2012, September).
Perceived control predicts perceptions of positive changes in life as a result of caring for a patient with heart failure. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting, Heart Failure Society of America, Seattle, WA.
Moser, D.K., Wu, J., Chung, M.L., Biddle, M.J., Schooler, M., Lennie, T.A. (2012, September).
Randomized controlled trial of a biobehavioral intervention for depression in patients with heart failure. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting, Heart Failure Society of America, Seattle, WA.
Chung, M.L. (2012, September).
Dyadic research: Patients can caregivers in heart failure. PhD graduate student brownbag, University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Lexington, KY.
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