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- Title
Depression assessed over 1-year survival in patients with myocardial infarction.
- Authors
Sørensen, C.; Brandes, A.; Hendricks, O.; Thrane, J.; Friis‐Hasché, E.; Haghfelt, T.; Bech, P.
- Abstract
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of ICD-10 depression using a self-reported questionnaire and to examine if depression is associated with increased 1-year mortality in patients with myocardial infarction (MI). Method: In total, 763 MI-patients completed the Major Depression Inventory at discharge. Information from hospital notes was collected and patients were followed 1 year for re-admission and mortality through national registries. Results: Seventy-three patients (9.6%) were depressed at discharge. Depression was not a significant independent predictor of mortality; however, there was a significant trend for increasing mortality with increasing severity of the depressive state ( P = 0.028). All mortality among depressed patients was in patients with non-Q-wave infarction. Conclusion: Ten per cent of MI-patients fulfilled diagnostic criteria for depression at discharge. There was a significant trend for increasing mortality with increasing severity of the depressive episode. All mortality among depressed patients was seen in patients with non-Q-wave infarction. These findings indicate future studies in selected subgroups of MI-patients.
- Subjects
MYOCARDIAL infarction; MENTAL depression; CORONARY disease; CARDIAC patients; CARDIOVASCULAR agents; INFARCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2006, Vol 113, Issue 4, p290
- ISSN
0001-690X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00777.x