Key result
Cardiac rehabilitation is linked to moderate improvements in depressive symptoms and psychological affect.
Why the study?
Depression is indicative of poor prognosis in cardiac patients, and whether improvements in positive and negative affect occur during cardiac rehabilitation is unknown.
Cohort (n=637)
No
Standardized Mean Difference: 0.4
p-value: p=<0.001
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May support routine affect assessment in cardiac rehabilitation; extends depression findings to positive/negative affect domains but remains hypothesis-generating.
Gathright et al. (2018) conducted a cohort in Cardiovascular disease (n=637). Cardiac rehabilitation vs. Baseline (intake) was evaluated on Change in depressive symptoms (PHQ-9 score) from intake to discharge (d = 0.40, p=<0.001). Cardiac rehabilitation was associated with significant improvements in depressive symptoms (d = 0.40), positive affect (d = 0.34), and negative affect (d = 0.26) from intake to discharge.
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