Key result
Depressive symptoms were inversely correlated with exercise capacity in patients with heart disease (CC = -0.15; 95% CI, -0.17 to -0.12).
Why the study?
Are depressive symptoms associated with reduced exercise capacity in patients with heart disease?
Population
59 studies pooling 25,733 adult patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, congenital heart…
Design
Meta-analysis
Authors
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May warrant depression screening in cardiac rehab; hypothesis-generating for trials on treating symptoms to improve capacity.
Meta-Analysis (n=25,733)
Are depressive symptoms associated with reduced exercise capacity in patients with heart disease?
Effect estimate: CC -0.15 (95% CI -0.17 to -0.12)
In patients with heart disease, elevated depressive symptoms are significantly but weakly inversely correlated with exercise capacity.
Papasavvas et al. (2016) conducted a meta-analysis in Heart disease (n=25,733). Depressive symptoms was evaluated on Correlation between depressive symptoms and exercise capacity (CC -0.15, 95% CI -0.17 to -0.12). Depressive symptoms were inversely correlated with exercise capacity in patients with heart disease (CC = -0.15; 95% CI, -0.17 to -0.12).
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