July 18, 2006European Journal of Cardiovascular NursingOpen Access

Depression Symptoms have a Greater Impact on the 1-Year Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Women Post-Myocardial Infarction Compared to Men

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Why the study?

Does female sex impact 1-year health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms differently than male sex in patients post-myocardial infarction?

Structured PICO

Does female sex impact 1-year health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms differently than male sex in patients post-myocardial infarction?

Population

486 patients with documented acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who completed the 1-year follow-up questionnaire

Intervention

Female sex (observational exposure)

Comparator

Male sex

Outcome

Short Form 36 physical (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) scores, and Beck Depression Inventory at 1 year after AMI admissionpatient reported

Women experience significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms and worse physical quality of life 1 year post-myocardial infarction compared to men.

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Implication

May warrant sex-specific depression screening post-MI; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions.

Cite This Study

Norris et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1a80057ff99bba0645c654 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2006.05.003

Topics

Women and heart disease

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Depression Symptoms have a Greater Impact on the 1-Year Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Women Post-Myocardial Infarction Compared to Men

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

Topics

Depression Symptoms have a Greater Impact on the 1-Year Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Women Post-Myocardial Infarction Compared to Men

Structured PICO

Discussion

Implication

Cite This Study

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