Key result
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms had a significant negative impact on both the physical (β=-0.33) and mental (β=-0.37) components of health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease.
Why the study?
The degree of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and their effect on quality of life among patients with coronary artery disease required investigation.
What is the prevalence of PTSD symptoms and their impact on quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease?
Cross-Sectional (n=135)
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What is the prevalence of PTSD symptoms and their impact on quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease?
Effect estimate: β=-0.33 (physical) and β=-0.37 (mental)
p-value: p=<0.001
PTSD symptoms are common in patients recently diagnosed with CAD and significantly impair their physical and mental quality of life.
PTSD symptoms were associated with worse HRQoL in CAD patients; leaves open whether interventions improve outcomes.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and the effect of PTSD on quality of life (QoL) among coronary artery disease (CAD) patients. Methods: The participants were 135 CAD patients who visited outpatient clinics in a university hospital in B city of Korea. Their PTSD symptoms and QoL were measured by structured questionnaires and analyzed with multiple hierarchical regression analysis. Results: Among the 135 participants, 20.7% were classified as moderate risk, and 3.7% as high risk for PTSD. PTSD symptoms were significantly higher in participants who were diagnosed with CAD within 6 months (t=26.02, p.001). The physical component of health-related QoL was influenced by gender (=-.25, p =.003), recurrence of CAD (=.21, p =.008), and PTSD symptoms ( =-.33, p .001). The mental component of health-related QoL was influenced by religion (=-.17, p =.044), body mass index (=.17, p =.033), and PTSD symptoms (=-.37, p .001). Conclusion: Patients who had had a CAD diagnosis for less than 6 months were found to be vulnerable to PTSD, and PTSD was found to have a negative impact on the physical and mental components of their QoL. It is necessary to develop an intervention program for the effective prevention and management of PTSD symptoms in patients with CAD.
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Lee et al. (2019) conducted a cross-sectional in Coronary Artery Disease (n=135). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms vs. Lower or no PTSD symptoms was evaluated on Physical and mental components of health-related quality of life (SF-12) (β=-0.33 (physical) and β=-0.37 (mental), p=<0.001). Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms had a significant negative impact on both the physical (β=-0.33) and mental (β=-0.37) components of health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease.
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