Patients with heart failure and their partners with chronic illness: interdependence in multiple dimensions of time

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Table 1 Illnesses of heart failure patients and their partners

Patient	Other illnesses	Partner name	Illnesses
Bob	Chronic knee pain, renal disease	Betty	Knee arthritis, sleep disorder
Brent	Diabetes, nerve damage, musculoskeletal pain, brain injury, liver failure, lung disease, depression	Betsy	Chronic knee pain
Damien	Depression	Daniella	Frailty
Ethan	Sleep disorder	Edna	Atrial fibrillation, transverse myelitis, posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
Eunice	Respiratory issues	Edgar	Arthritis, chronic arm pain
Giovanni	Sleep disorder	Gail	Cataracts
Graham	Arthritis	Gertrude	Chronic bowel problems
Irene	Chronic renal disease, arthritis, leg edema, low blood pressure	Isabelle	Ankylosing spondylitis, degenerative disc disease
Norman	Bowel cancer, liver cancer, chronic renal disease	Noreen	Chronic pain after hip surgery
Siegfried	Chronic renal disease, diabetes, COPD, emphysema	Samson	Lumbar spinal stenosis
Terry	Renal disease	Teresa	Chronic migraines, chronic back pain, chronic leg cramps, cataracts
Wendy	Renal disease, lung disease, pedal edema	Wes	Metastatic colon cancer, hypertension, chronic back pain
Yale	Skin infection, renal disease, diabetes, myelodysplastic syndrome, cataracts	Yolande	Chronic hip pain

Note: All names are pseudonyms.