Examination of Research Trends on Patient Factors in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Abstract

SummaryBackground: The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is the most effective treatment available for terminating potentially life-threatening ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation and reducing the risk of mortality. Despite its established health benefits, ICD therapy is accompanied by a unique array of patient and psychological factors meriting ample research attention. The purpose of this paper is to examine research trends and results regarding patient factors in cardiac and ICD research and to discuss key areas for future research.Hypothesis: An increase in articles associated with patient factors in cardiac and ICD research will be shown over time.Methods: The Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) system in PubMed was used to index articles under a range of psychosocial headings for both cardiovascular disease and ICDs to quantify the frequency of articles published across time, the journals most frequently utilized, the most productive institutions, and the most common areas of inquiry.Results: A significant positive relationship was revealed between patient factors in cardiac research (r = 0.96, p < 0.01)

Quality of life and psychological co-morbidities in children and adolescents with cardiac pacemakers and implanted defibrillators: a cohort study in Eastern Germany

“…With the goal of an individualised therapeutic offer for patients and their families, the present study supports the strategy already published in other paediatric collectives. 1,2,6,14,17,19,20,[64][65][66][67][68][69][70] Comparison of self-assessment and external assessment in our study showed good external assessments in younger children, while in adolescents symptoms seemed to be reported more often in the self-assessment than the external assessment. Therefore, the parent's role for identifying affected patients is rather in the younger children, whereas adolescents should be addressed in a selfassessment protocol.…”

Psychische Störungen nach ICD-Mehrfachschocks und deren psychotherapeutische Behandlung

“…15.000 Defibrillatoren (implantierbare Kardioverterdefibrillatoren; ICD) eingesetzt. Die Lebensqualität, das Erleben und die psychische Bewältigung der ICD-Implantation rücken zunehmend in den Fokus wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen [1,2,3]. Während ein Großteil der Patienten mit dem ICD gut zurechtkommt und deutlich an Lebensqualität gewinnt [4,5,6], reagiert fast ein Drittel der Betroffenen bis zu 1 Jahr nach Implantation mit psychischen Beschwerden [7].…”