Key result
There were no significant differences in overall psychiatric characteristics between chest pain patients with and without coronary artery disease, though chest pain intensity was inversely associated with hypochondriasis in the CAD group.
Cohort (n=108)
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Absolute Event Rate: 47% vs 49%
p-value: p=0.198
Psychiatric characteristics do not differ significantly between chest pain outpatients with and without coronary artery disease, but the intensity of chest pain correlates differently with specific psychiatric symptoms depending on the presence of CAD.
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Psychiatric screening unlikely to differentiate CAD in chest pain outpatients; leaves open inverse pain-hypochondriasis links for targeted study.
Lee et al. (2016) conducted a cohort in Chest pain (n=108). Coronary artery disease vs. Non-coronary artery disease was evaluated on Total T-score on the symptom checklist for minor psychiatric disorders (SCL-MPD) (p=0.198). There were no significant differences in overall psychiatric characteristics between chest pain patients with and without coronary artery disease, though chest pain intensity was inversely associated with hypochondriasis in the CAD group.
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