March 12, 2013Journal of the American Heart AssociationOpen Access

Association of Anxiety and Depression With All‐Cause Mortality in Individuals With Coronary Heart Disease

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Why the study?

Does anxiety and/or depression increase the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with established coronary heart disease?

Structured PICO

Does anxiety and/or depression increase the risk of all-cause mortality in patients with established coronary heart disease?

Population

934 men and women with confirmed coronary heart disease (CHD), mean age 62±11 years, who completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) during hospitalization for coronary angiography.

Intervention

Elevated anxiety (HADS-A≥8) and/or depression (HADS-D≥8) as measured by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale

Comparator

Patients with neither anxiety nor depression (HADS scores <8)

Outcome

All-cause mortality over a 3-year follow-up periodhard clinical

In patients with established coronary heart disease, the presence of anxiety and depression, particularly when comorbid, is associated with a significantly increased risk of all-cause mortality.

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Implication

May flag high-risk CHD patients; hypothesis-generating for mental health interventions pending trials.

Cite This Study

Watkins et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a07b5e37ba19a189e06b32e https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.112.000068

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Association of Anxiety and Depression With All‐Cause Mortality in Individuals With Coronary Heart Disease

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Association of Anxiety and Depression With All‐Cause Mortality in Individuals With Coronary Heart Disease

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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