Key result
Higher anxiety predicted lower cardiac rehabilitation session attendance only among patients reporting greater will to live (interaction β= -0.31, P=0.03).
Why the study?
Cardiac rehabilitation attendance and completion remain suboptimal, with conflicting data on whether psychological distress impairs adherence and whether will to live moderates this relationship.
Do depression, anxiety, and will to live predict cardiac rehabilitation session attendance and program completion in patients entering outpatient CR?
Comparison
Distress (depression and anxiety) and will to live levels
Design
Observational cohort study
Authors
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Hypothesis-generating for anxiety screening in high will-to-live CR patients; prospective trials needed before targeting adherence.
Observational (n=60)
Do depression, anxiety, and will to live predict cardiac rehabilitation session attendance and program completion in patients entering outpatient CR?
Effect estimate: β= -0.31
p-value: p=0.03
Higher anxiety is associated with poorer adherence to cardiac rehabilitation, but only among patients with a greater will to live, suggesting a need for targeted behavioral strategies in this subgroup.
Harris et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Cardiac rehabilitation (n=60). Anxiety, depression, and will to live was evaluated on Cardiac rehabilitation session attendance (%) and program completion (β= -0.31, p=0.03). Higher anxiety predicted lower cardiac rehabilitation session attendance only among patients reporting greater will to live (interaction β= -0.31, P=0.03).
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