Why the study?
Are anxiety or depressive symptoms 3 months post-MI independently associated with new cardiovascular events or death?
Population
896 persons with first-time myocardial infarction (MI) between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1975 person-years (followed up until 31 July 2012)
Authors
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Anxiety symptoms should not yet inform post-MI risk stratification; leaves open whether depression-targeted interventions affect mortality.
Are anxiety or depressive symptoms 3 months post-MI independently associated with new cardiovascular events or death?
Post-MI anxiety symptoms are not an independent prognostic risk factor for new cardiovascular events or death, whereas depressive symptoms are independently associated with increased mortality.
Larsen et al. (2014) studied this question.
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