Quality of life and baseline characteristics associated with depressive symptoms among patients with heart disease

We sought to examine factors associated with depressive symptoms among patients with heart disease. Data from 197 patients admitted for coronary artery disease were examined using multivariate predictive models. Women and unmarried patients were more likely to report depressive symptoms. In multivar...

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Autores principales: Rejai, Sepehr, Giardino, Nicholas D, Krishnan, Sangeetha, Ockene, Ira S, Rubenfire, Melvyn, Jackson, Elizabeth A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3410688/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22866019
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S29247
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Sumario:We sought to examine factors associated with depressive symptoms among patients with heart disease. Data from 197 patients admitted for coronary artery disease were examined using multivariate predictive models. Women and unmarried patients were more likely to report depressive symptoms. In multivariate models, we observed that depressive symptoms were associated with the level of tangible social (but not emotional) support, bodily pain, and vitality, but not the number of comorbidities, gender, or marital status.

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