Posttraumatic stress disorder predicts poor health-related quality of life in cardiac patients in Palestine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The longitudinal association of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with health-related quality of life (HRQL) in cardiac patients' remains poorly studied, particularly in conflict-affected settings.

Materials and methods

For this cohort study, we used baseline and one-year follow-up data collected from patients 30 to 80 years old consecutively admitted with a cardiac diagnosis to four major hospitals in Nablus, Palestine. All subjects were screened for PTSD and HRQL using the PTSD Checklist Specific and the HeartQoL questionnaire. We used a generalized structural equation model (GSEM) to examine the independent predictive association of PTSD at baseline with HRQL at follow-up. We also examined the mediating roles of depression, anxiety, and stress at baseline.

SUBMITTER: Allabadi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8315523 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature