Time Course of Depression and Outcome of Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Susmita Parashar
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.18.2035
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , myocardial infarction , angina , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , patient health questionnaire , unstable angina , quality of life (healthcare) , odds ratio , physical therapy , cardiology , depressive symptoms , confidence interval , anxiety , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Depression predicts worse outcomes after myocardial infarction (MI), but whether its time course in the month following MI has prognostic importance is unknown. Our objective was to evaluate the prognostic importance of transient, new, or persistent depression on outcomes at 6 months after MI.
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