March 1, 1993The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
Psychiatric Assessment of Patients with Life-Threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias
Key result
Psychiatric assessment of 25 patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias revealed that psychiatric complaints are common and those volunteering complaints may be amenable to intervention.
Why the study?
Does a psychiatric assessment protocol identify patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias who are amenable to psychiatric intervention?
Population
25 patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
one-year
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May support targeted psychiatric screening in ventricular arrhythmia patients; leaves open whether protocols improve outcomes.
Study Design
Type
Observational (n=25)
Structured PICO
Does a psychiatric assessment protocol identify patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias who are amenable to psychiatric intervention?
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Population
25 patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias who underwent psychiatric assessment and 1-year follow-up.
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Exposure
Psychiatric assessment protocol
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Outcome
Psychiatric complaints and amenability to psychiatric interventionpatient reported
Psychiatric complaints are common in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, and identifying those who do not use denial may help target psychiatric interventions.
Cite This Study
Baker et al. (1993) conducted an observational in Life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias (n=25). Psychiatric assessment was evaluated on Psychiatric complaints and amenability to psychiatric intervention. Psychiatric assessment of 25 patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias revealed that psychiatric complaints are common and those volunteering complaints may be amenable to intervention.