Key result
Depression may worsen quality of life and significantly increase mortality risk in patients living with heart failure.
Why the study?
Does depression impact the pathogenesis, quality of life, and mortality risk in patients with heart failure?
Does depression impact the pathogenesis, quality of life, and mortality risk in patients with heart failure?
This review highlights the negative impact of depression on the pathogenesis, quality of life, and mortality of heart failure patients, emphasizing the need for greater clinical awareness.
May prompt depression screening in heart failure; leaves open whether treatment improves survival.
Chronic heart failure is a widespread condition and its prevalence in the UK continues to grow. Living with chronic heart failure can severely impair longevity and quality of life. Despite the known severe impact this chronic disease has on patients’ lives, little research has explored the prevalence of depression among the UK heart failure population. Recent evidence suggests that depression may not only further worsen the already diminished quality of life for heart failure patients, but it may also significantly increase the mortality risk of the patient living with heart failure. This article reviews current evidence and guidelines to consider the prevalence of depression among UK heart failure patients and illustrates how the pathophysiology of depression negatively impacts on the pathogenesis of heart failure.
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Doireann McGowan (2011) conducted a review in Heart failure. Depression was evaluated. Depression may worsen quality of life and significantly increase mortality risk in patients living with heart failure.
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