Key result
Ischemic HF links to greater anxiety, anger, and less social integration in men awaiting transplant.
Why the study?
Do newly listed heart transplantation candidates with ischemic heart failure have an adverse psychological risk profile and reduced social integration compared to patients with non-ischemic etiology?
Population
318 newly registered heart transplantation candidates with ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure, mean age…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Worse anxiety, anger, and social integration in ischemic men; hypothesis-generating for etiology-specific psychosocial assessment in transplant candidates.
Cross-Sectional (n=318)
Yes
Do newly listed heart transplantation candidates with ischemic heart failure have an adverse psychological risk profile and reduced social integration compared to patients with non-ischemic etiology?
p-value: p=<0.05
Psychosocial stress and clinical depression are highly prevalent in newly listed heart transplant candidates, particularly among men with ischemic heart failure, highlighting the need for targeted psychosocial support.
Spaderna et al. (2009) conducted a cross-sectional in Heart failure newly listed for heart transplantation (n=318). Ischemic heart failure (due to CAD) vs. Non-ischemic heart failure was evaluated on Anxiety, anger, anger-in, and social integration (p=<0.05). Men with ischemic heart failure newly listed for transplantation reported significantly more anxiety, anger, anger-in, and less social integration than non-ischemic men (p<0.05).
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