Key result
Cardiac rehabilitation significantly improved depressive symptoms in 56.6% of ischemic heart patients compared to 30% of those receiving only standard treatments.
Why the study?
Cardiac rehabilitation is recognized for restoring cardiac function and may exert beneficial therapeutic or preventive effects on comorbid psychiatric conditions.
Does an 8-week cardiac rehabilitation program improve comorbid depressive symptoms in male patients with recent myocardial infarction?
RCT (n=60)
Open-label
Randomized
No
Does an 8-week cardiac rehabilitation program improve comorbid depressive symptoms in male patients with recent myocardial infarction?
Cardiac rehabilitation significantly improved comorbid depressive symptoms in male patients with recent myocardial infarction compared to standard care alone.
May support cardiac rehabilitation for depressive symptoms in ischemic heart disease; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Cardiac rehabilitation, as one of the known tactics for functional restoration of cardiac functions, according to some studies may have important healing or preventive effects with respect to psychiatric problems
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Saeed Shoja Shafti (2019) conducted an RCT in Ischemic heart disease with recent myocardial infarction and co-morbid depression (n=60). Cardiac rehabilitation program vs. Standard treatments was evaluated on Improvement in depressive symptoms (HRS-D sub-scales) (95% CI 0.015-0.517, p=<0.03). Cardiac rehabilitation significantly improved depressive symptoms in 56.6% of ischemic heart patients compared to 30% of those receiving only standard treatments.
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