Trial reportClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2016
Heart-focused anxiety in patients with chronic heart failure before implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: baseline findings of the Anxiety-CHF Study.
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Heart-focused Anxiety in Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) and/or Mechanical Cardiovascular Assist Device (AD) (Anxiety-CHF)
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Functional status and quality of life after transcatheter mitral valve repair: a prospective cohort study and systematic review.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2017Pooled it
- Neuropsychiatric disorders in patients with heart failure: not to be ignored.Heart failure reviews · 2023Review
- Comparing Patient and Provider Experiences with Atrial Fibrillation to Highlight Gaps and Opportunities for Improving Care.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Heart-Focused Anxiety Affects Behavioral Cardiac Risk Factors and Quality of Life: A Follow-Up Study Using a Psycho-Cardiological Rehabilitation Concept.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Changes in quality of life, depression, general anxiety, and heart-focused anxiety after defibrillator implantation.ESC heart failure · 2021Article
- Prognostic impact of recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias and appropriate ICD therapies in a high-risk ICD population.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2019Article
- The associations between psychological distress and healthcare use in patients with non-cardiac chest pain: does a history of cardiac disease matter?BMC psychiatry · 2018Article
- Impact of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) on prehospital delay of acute myocardial infarction patients. Findings from the multicenter MEDEA study.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2018Article
- Stratified prevention: opportunities and limitations. Report on the 1st interdisciplinary cardiovascular workshop in Augsburg.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2018Review
- The T-peak-to-T-end interval: a novel ECG marker for ventricular arrhythmia and appropriate ICD therapy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2018Article
- Posttraumatic stress and quality of life with the totally subcutaneous compared to conventional cardioverter-defibrillator systems.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2017Article
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Abstract
aimsWe analysed heart-focused anxiety (HFA) and its predictors in patients with heart failure before implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Herein, we report the baseline data of the Anxiety-CHF Study which investigates HFA before and after ICD implantation. METHODS AND
resultsHFA, general anxiety and depression, perceived quality of life (QoL) and type D personality were measured with validated psychological instruments. Clinical parameters such as severity of heart failure measured by NYHA class and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) were determined. One hundred and ten patients were interrogated before ICD implantation (70 % male, mean age = 60.5 ± 14.9 years, mean EF = 31 % ± 9 %, 91 % NYHA II-III, 92 % primary prevention). HFA was present in 53 patients (48.6 %); 37 participants (33.9 %) showed increased levels of general anxiety and 33 patients (30.3 %) showed increased levels of depression with clinical significant levels in 16 subjects (14.7 %) for general anxiety and 13 subjects (11.9 %) for depression. Poor QoL was reported in 30 patients (27.5 %). HFA was correlated with QoL, general anxiety, depression, type D personality, myocardial infarction (MI), and systolic blood pressure. QoL, general anxiety and former MI were significant predictors of HFA (R (2) = 0.453).
conclusionHeart-focused anxiety is highly prevalent in heart failure patients prior to ICD implantation. Measures of disease severity such as EF or NYHA class do not predict HFA, neither does Type D personality. HFA is predicted by a history of MI and psychological parameters such as general anxiety and impaired QoL. CLINICALTRIALS. GOV IDENTIFIER: NCT02226770.
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