A simultaneous test of the relationship between identified psychosocial risk factors and recurrent events in coronary artery disease patients.

ABSTRACT: Psychosocial factors are increasingly recognized as risk indicators for coronary artery disease (CAD) prognosis and they are likely interrelated. The objective of this study is to simultaneously test the relationship between key psychosocial constructs as independent factor scores and recurrent events in CAD patients. There were 1268 CAD outpatients of 97 cardiologists surveyed at two points. Recurrent events or hospitalization in the intervening nine months were reported. Factor analysis of items from the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, the ENRICHD Social Support Inventory, and Hostile Attitudes Scale was performed to generate orthogonal factor scores. With adjustment for prognostic variables, logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the relatio

SUBMITTER: Grewal K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4490892 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature