Development of a short form of the Cardiac Distress Inventory.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac distress may be viewed as a persistent negative emotional state that spans multiple psychosocial domains and challenges a patient's capacity to cope with living with their heart condition. The Cardiac Distress Inventory (CDI) is a disease-specific clinical assessment tool that captures the complexity of this distress. In busy settings such as primary care, cardiac rehabilitation, and counselling services, however, there is a need to administer briefer tools to aid in identification and screening. The aim of the present study was to develop a short, valid screening version of the CDI.

Methods

A total of 405 participants reporting an acute coronary event in the previous 12 months was recruited from three hospitals, through social media and by direct enrolmen

SUBMITTER: Le Grande MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10439557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature