Chest pain and shortness of breath in cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study in UK primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine characteristics associated with monthly chest pain and shortness of breath (SoB) during activity in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and trajectories of these symptoms over 10 months.

Study design and setting

Baseline questionnaire was sent to patients aged ≥40 years from 10 UK general practices. Responders were sent monthly questionnaires for 10 months. For patients with CVD (ischaemic heart disease and heart failure), the association of sociodemographic characteristics, pain elsewhere and anxiety and depression with monthly reports of chest pain and SoB during activity were determined using multilevel, multinomial logistic regression. Common symptom trajectories were determined using dual trajectory latent class growth analysis.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Barnett LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726088 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature