Why the study?
CVD is a chronic medical condition affecting many aspects of patients' lives, making the identification of risk factors important for designing interventional and preventive programs.
Do psychological risk factors increase the incidence and progression of cardiovascular diseases?
Do psychological risk factors increase the incidence and progression of cardiovascular diseases?
Psychological risk factors such as stress, depression, and anxiety significantly contribute to the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases, highlighting the need for psychological interventions in CVD prevention and management.
Psychological screening may aid CVD risk assessment; confirms associations and supports interventional trials.
Aim and Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a chronic medical condition that affects many aspects of patients' lives. Therefore, it is important to identify risk factors of CVD for the design of interventional and preventive programs. The purpose of this study was to review the psychological risk factors of CVD. Methods and Materials: This systematic review study examines the psychological risk factors of CVD. For this purpose, articles from 1995 to 2019 were searched from the databases of Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus and Elsevier. Out of 257 articles, 51 articles were finally used in this study.
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