Depressive symptoms, anxiety, and history of major depression measured post-MI independently predicted cardiac events over 12 months, independent of each other and cardiac disease severity.
Cohort (n=222)
Do negative emotions and psychosocial factors predict cardiac events in patients following a myocardial infarction?
Depressive symptoms, anxiety, and a history of major depression independently predict recurrent cardiac events in the 12 months following a myocardial infarction.
This study examine the importance of major depression symptoms, history of major depression, anxiety, anger-in, anger-out, and perceived social support, measured in the hospital after a myocardial infarction (MI), in predicting cardiac events over the subsequent 12 months in a sample of 222 patients. Cardiac events included both recurrences of acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina admissions and survived and nonsurvived MI recurrences) and probable arrhythmic events (survived cardiac arrests and arrhythmic deaths). Major depression, depressive symptoms, anxiety, and history of major depression all significantly predicted cardiac events. Multivariate analyses showed that depressive symptoms, anxiety, and history of major depression each had an impact independent of each other, as well as of measures of cardiac disease severity.
Frasure‐Smith et al. (1995) conducted a cohort in Myocardial infarction (n=222). Negative emotions (depression, anxiety, anger) was evaluated on Cardiac events (recurrences of acute coronary syndromes and probable arrhythmic events). Depressive symptoms, anxiety, and history of major depression measured post-MI independently predicted cardiac events over 12 months, independent of each other and cardiac disease severity.
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