Base Rates of Depressive Symptoms in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: An Individual Symptom Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major depression is common in coronary heart disease (CHD) but challenging to diagnose. Instead of focusing on the overall diagnosis of depression, base rates of depressive symptoms could facilitate screening and management of psychopathology in CHD. The present study investigates the frequency of individual depressive symptoms in CHD and their impact on cardiac and subjective health.

Methods

In total, 1337 in- and outpatients with CHD were screened for depressive symptoms with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) at three different cardiac treatment sites. Tables stratified by age and gender were designed to illustrate base rates of depressive symptoms. Multiple regression analyses adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical data were conducted to test assoc

SUBMITTER: Kohlmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4881911 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature