November 23, 2004Circulation
Prognostic Value of Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Why the study?
Do anxiety and depression predict 1-year mortality in patients hospitalized with chronic heart failure?
Population
291 patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) hospitalized as a result of cardiac events
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
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Discussion
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Implication
Depression, but not anxiety, was associated with 1-year mortality in hospitalized HF; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions.
Structured PICO
Do anxiety and depression predict 1-year mortality in patients hospitalized with chronic heart failure?
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Population
291 patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) hospitalized as a result of cardiac events
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Intervention
Assessment of anxiety symptoms (Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and depression symptoms (Beck Depression Inventory)
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Outcome
All-cause mortality over 1 yearhard clinical
In patients hospitalized with chronic heart failure, depression is a significant predictor of 1-year mortality, whereas anxiety is not, despite the two being highly correlated.
Cite This Study
Jiang et al. (2004) studied this question.