1997
DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(97)80204-0
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Levels of anxiety, depression and denial in patients with myocardial infarction

Abstract: In this study we investigated 1) the changes in anxiety, depression and denial from admission to discharge in patients admitted to the intensive care unit following an acute myocardial infarction and 2) the effect of smoking habits, time lapsed from the appearance of symptoms to seeking help behavior, presence of a person that motivated the patient to seek help, previous myocardial infarction (MI) and family history of MI, on these changes. The results indicated that 1) the levels of both anxiety and depressio… Show more

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“…On completion of treatment, some patients experience anxiety that their progress is not being monitored, and that they will be unaware of a recurrence (particularly since ovarian cancer can be asymptomatic). Similar 'separation anxiety' is found in patients leaving the intensive coronary care unit for less intensive monitoring and care in other parts of hospitals [40]. Also surprisingly, having a recurrence was not associated with increased levels of anxiety and depression.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 57%
“…On completion of treatment, some patients experience anxiety that their progress is not being monitored, and that they will be unaware of a recurrence (particularly since ovarian cancer can be asymptomatic). Similar 'separation anxiety' is found in patients leaving the intensive coronary care unit for less intensive monitoring and care in other parts of hospitals [40]. Also surprisingly, having a recurrence was not associated with increased levels of anxiety and depression.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 57%
“…A number of studies have investigated the associations between smoking and depressive symptoms [36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42]. Lifetime history of major depressive disorder is more than double in ever smokers than in never smokers [43].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It was found in the initial stage, soon after admission to the hospital, that patients were prone to lowering anxiety in their self-reports, in spite of the behavioral and physiological anxiety symptoms [19]. Within the next few weeks, the level of reported anxiety showed a significant increase [20, 21]. In the cancer patients, not only anxiety but also hope were studied.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%