Key result
Unstable angina, female gender, and age <60 years were associated with a significantly higher prevalence of depressive symptoms one week before a first episode of acute coronary syndrome.
Cross-Sectional (n=253)
Depressive symptoms are highly prevalent in patients presenting with a first episode of acute coronary syndrome, particularly among younger women with unstable angina, highlighting the need for psychological assessment in this population.
May support targeted depressive symptom screening in younger women with unstable angina; leaves open causal links and outcome impact.
AIM: to compare possible differences regarding the presence of depressive symptoms according to the clinical diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome, gender and age, one week before the first cardiac event. METHOD: cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study, which used the Beck Depression Inventory. The sample consisted of 253 patients. RESULTS: it was found that patients with a clinical diagnosis of unstable angina, female and under 60 years of age reported the presence of depressive symptoms more frequently. CONCLUSION: a high percentage of patients presented depressive symptoms at the time of hospitalization for the first episode of Acute Coronary Syndrome, and this prevalence was significantly higher among women, under 60 years of age, with unstable angina. These results should provide support for the care in the hospitalization, discharge and planning of the rehabilitation of these patients, as it is known that depression impairs the control of coronary disease.
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Dessotte et al. (2013) conducted a cross-sectional in Acute Coronary Syndrome (n=253). Unstable angina, female gender, and age <60 years was evaluated on Presence of depressive symptoms. Unstable angina, female gender, and age <60 years were associated with a significantly higher prevalence of depressive symptoms one week before a first episode of acute coronary syndrome.
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