2009
DOI: 10.3928/00485713-20090101-02
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Impact of Depression and Cardiovascular Disease

Abstract: <p>Psychiatric and physical illnesses frequently coexist. Depression is associated clinically with heart disease in several ways, including risk of arrhythmia, alteration of the amount of blood flowing to the coronary arteries, increased risk of blood clots, and increased risk of cardiac arrest. Depression may even be an independent risk factor for mortality in individuals with cardiovascular disease (CVD), something that should concern those involved in the treatment of those patients.</p> <h4… Show more

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“…Patients who perceive a higher QOL are likely to have fewer depressive symptoms and be more motivated to be active participants in their care, which is crucial for HF self-management. 13 Many intervention patients in this study commented that incorporating at least one pleasant event in their lives lifted their spirits and helped them to try to live well with HF.…”
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“…Patients who perceive a higher QOL are likely to have fewer depressive symptoms and be more motivated to be active participants in their care, which is crucial for HF self-management. 13 Many intervention patients in this study commented that incorporating at least one pleasant event in their lives lifted their spirits and helped them to try to live well with HF.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 88%
“…12 Patients with HF who are depressed are likely to have more HF symptoms, report a lower QOL, and have higher hospitalization rates. 13,14…”
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“…Pero, por otra parte, contrastan con los reflejados en otros estudios, en los que se demuestra que la presencia de la depresión se relaciona con la falta de adherencia a los tratamientos y con un bajo cumplimiento de las conductas saludables (fenton y Stover, 2006;Ibishi et al, 2009 Estos resultados, consistentes con investigaciones previas (Cameron, 2009;Vandervoort, 2006), vienen a señalar que, en los enfermos coronarios, la ocurrencia de estados emocionales negativos como la ira y, particularmente, la depresión promueven un afrontamiento más desadaptativo de la enfermedad, dando lugar a con- Con respecto al apoyo social pudimos apreciar que ni la ira ni la depresión predijeron este criterio. Este resultado se podría explicar teniendo en cuenta el alto porcentaje de personas casadas que había en la muestra (77,6 %), estado éste que podría estar actuando como un factor de protección, ante los cambios negativos que se producen en el apoyo social cuando aparece la ECV (Grace et al, 2002).…”
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