Why the study?
The intermediate behavioral and pathophysiological processes through which psychological distress increases cardiovascular disease risk are incompletely understood.
Does psychological distress increase the risk of incident cardiovascular events in healthy adults?
Population
6,576 healthy men and women (ages 50.9 +/- 13.1 years)
Comparison
Presence vs absence of psychological distress
Design
Prospective study
Follow-up
Average follow-up of 7.2 years
Authors
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May support behavioral interventions for psychologically distressed patients; leaves open benefits of direct distress treatment on CVD outcomes.
Does psychological distress increase the risk of incident cardiovascular events in healthy adults?
Psychological distress is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events, a relationship that is largely mediated by behavioral factors rather than pathophysiological ones.
Hamer et al. (2008) studied this question.
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