Prevalence of depression in survivors of acute myocardial infarction

Thombs, Brett D.; Bass, Eric B.; Ford, Daniel E.; Stewart, Kerry J.; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Patel, Udita; Fauerbach, James A.; Bush, David E.; Ziegelstein, Roy C.

doi:10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00269.x

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“…45,47 Regarding depressive symptoms in AMI patients, also previous research have reported high levels of depression the year after an AMI. 48,49 Study participants had a high number of contacts with health-care providers during the two year period, which also Leise and colleagues reported. 18 Although patients with AP had significantly higher number of outpatient contacts than NCCP and AMI patients during the two year period, interestingly there was no difference between patients with NCCP and AMI.…”

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Depressive symptoms and healthcare utilization in patients with noncardiac chest pain compared to patients with ischemic heart disease

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OBJECTIVES: We compared depressive symptoms and healthcare utilization in patients admitted for noncardiac chest pain, acute myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris after hospitalization and at 1-year follow-up. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-one patients with noncardiac chest pain, 66 with acute myocardial infarction, and 70 with angina pectoris completed a depression screening questionnaire and the Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale. Healthcare utilization data were collected from a population-based, diagnosis-related database. RESULTS: More than 25% of respondents reported depressive symptoms, regardless of diagnosis. At follow-up, 9% had recovered, 19% were still experiencing depressive symptoms, and 13% had developed depressive symptoms. Noncardiac patients with chest pain had similar primary care contacts, but fewer hospital admissions, than patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Patients with angina pectoris and depressive symptoms used the most healthcare services. CONCLUSIONS: Depressive symptoms were common. Patients with noncardiac chest pain used as much primary care as did patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Interventions should focus on identifying and treating depressive symptoms

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“…Respondents are instructed to describe the way they have been feeling during the past week. The authors of the BDI recommend cutoff scores of~10 for at least mild symptoms of depression [24], and this cutoff is typically used in studies of patients with AMI [15].…”

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“…The BD! is the most commonly used method to screen for symptoms of depression among post-AMI patients [15], and specific concerns have been raised about its validity in medical patients because six of2l items assess somatic symptoms [16][17][18][19][20].…”

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Probit structural equation regression model: general depressive symptoms predicted post-myocardial infarction mortality after controlling for somatic symptoms of depression

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Objective: Reported links between depression and post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) mortality may be due to confounding between somatic symptoms of depression and symptoms related to the AMI. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between depressive symptoms and 12-month post-AMI mortality after removing potential bias from somatic symptoms of depression.Study Design and Setting: Four hundred seventy-seven hospitalized AMI patients from 12 cardiac care units. The relationship of a General Depression factor with mortality was assessed using a probit structural equation regression model, controlling for an uncorrelated somatic symptom factor, age, Killip class, previous AMI, and other potential confounders.Results: Mortality was significantly predicted by the General Depression factor (P = 0.009), controlling for age (P = 0.128), Killip class (P = 0.210), history of AMI (P = 0.001), and other predictors in a structural equation model that removed variance related to somatic factors, but unrelated to the General Depression factor.Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the use of structural equation modeling presents a viable mechanism to test links between symptoms of depression and health outcomes among patients with AMI after explicitly removing variance due to somatic symptoms that is unrelated to the General Depression factor.

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“…About one in five patients is affected by major depressive disorder (MDD) following myocardial infarction (MI) (1). In turn, both MDD and depressive symptoms have been associated with (a) a twofold increased risk of mortality and (b) increased morbidity and rehospitalisation post-MI (2-6).…”

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Psychological symptom clusters, psychiatric comorbidity and poor self-reported health status following myocardial infarction

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Prevalence of depression in survivors of acute myocardial infarction

Abstract: Depression is common and persistent in AMI survivors. Prevalence varies depending on assessment method, likely reflecting treatment of somatic symptoms.

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Depressive symptoms and healthcare utilization in patients with noncardiac chest pain compared to patients with ischemic heart disease

Depressive symptoms and healthcare utilization in patients with noncardiac chest pain compared to patients with ischemic heart disease

Probit structural equation regression model: general depressive symptoms predicted post-myocardial infarction mortality after controlling for somatic symptoms of depression

Psychological symptom clusters, psychiatric comorbidity and poor self-reported health status following myocardial infarction

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