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December 1, 2007Annals of Behavioral MedicineOpen Access

Psychological symptom clusters, psychiatric comorbidity and poor self-reported health status following myocardial infarction

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Population

324 patients assessed 2 months post-myocardial infarction (MI)

Design

Cross-sectional

Follow-up

2 months post-MI

Authors

EMElisabeth J. MartensTilburg UniversityOSOtto R.F. SmithNorwegian Institute of Public HealthJDJohan DenolletPreventive Cardiology

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Implication

May support multifaceted distress screening in post-MI patients; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions before practice change.

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Population
324 patients assessed 2 months post-myocardial infarction (MI)
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Outcome
Psychological symptom clusters, psychiatric comorbidity (major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder), and health status (Seattle Angina Questionnaire)patient reported

Beyond standard depressive symptoms, other affective components such as anxious apprehension and emotional exhaustion are closely related to psychiatric comorbidity and poor health status in post-MI patients.

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Martens et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d75e1d685fe2c2d776484https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02879924
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