Key result
Depressive symptoms were negatively associated with cardiac symptom appraisals, and improvements in depressive symptoms correlated with improved cardiac symptom appraisals during rehabilitation.
Why the study?
Are depressive symptoms associated with health outcomes and cardiac symptom appraisals in cardiovascular disease patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation?
Observational (n=79)
Are depressive symptoms associated with health outcomes and cardiac symptom appraisals in cardiovascular disease patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation?
Improvements in depressive symptoms during cardiac rehabilitation are associated with improvements in cardiac symptom appraisals, highlighting the link between depression and cardiovascular health.
Improvements in depressive symptoms may enhance cardiac appraisals in rehab; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
This study examined relations between depressive symptoms and health outcomes among 79 patients participating in cardiac rehabilitation. Results showed cross‐sectional negative associations between depressive symptoms and cardiac symptom appraisals at the beginning (Time 1) and end (Time 2) of rehabilitation. No longitudinal effects of depressive symptoms on cardiovascular functioning were found. Results also showed that improvements in depressive symptoms from Time 1 to Time 2 were related to improvements in cardiac symptom appraisals from Time 1 to Time 2. These results support the deleterious effects of depression on cardiovascular functioning. Findings such as these may help to understand the processes by which proximal health outcomes are affected by cardiac rehabilitation, thereby elucidating mechanisms linking depression to long‐term cardiovascular health.
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Bennett et al. (2005) conducted an observational in Cardiovascular Disease (n=79). Depressive symptoms was evaluated on Cardiac symptom appraisals and cardiovascular functioning. Depressive symptoms were negatively associated with cardiac symptom appraisals, and improvements in depressive symptoms correlated with improved cardiac symptom appraisals during rehabilitation.
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