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ArticleBMC psychiatry2023

Post-traumatic stress disorder among heart disease patients: a clinical follow-up of individuals with myocardial infarction in the Tromsø Study.

Geir Fagerjord Lorem, Eva T Næss, Maja-Lisa Løchen, Kjersti Lillevoll, Else-Marie Molund, Assami Rösner, Sigmund Lindkvist, Henrik Schirmer

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Geir Fagerjord LoremDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. Geir.lorem@uit.no.
Eva T NæssDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Maja-Lisa LøchenDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Kjersti LillevollDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Else-Marie MolundDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Assami RösnerDepartment of Cardiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
Sigmund LindkvistDepartment of Medicine, Finnmark Hospital Trust, Hammerfest, Norway.
Henrik SchirmerDepartment of Cardiology, Akershus University Hospital, Nordbyhagen, Norway.
UiT The Arctic University of Norway · NOUniversity Hospital of North Norway · NOHammerfest Hospital · NOUniversity of Oslo · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMyocardial infarction is likely to be experienced as a life-threatening and potentially traumatic event. Approximately one-third of patients with myocardial infarction experience clinically significant symptoms of anxiety/depression. However, it is unclear how many of these patients experience these symptoms because of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We conducted a clinical screening of individuals with a confirmed myocardial infarction diagnosis. Our goal was to examine the prevalence of PTSD in myocardial infarction patients and study how PTSD symptoms were associated with exposure to potentially traumatic events.

methodThis is epidemiological research with a cross-sectional design following up participants from the Tromsø Study with a confirmed diagnosis of myocardial infarction. We sent invitations to participants in the Tromsø Study with clinically significant self-reported anxiety or depression symptoms following myocardial infarction. A cross-sectional sample of N = 79 participants (61 men and 18 women) was collected. During an interview, participants completed the Stressful Life Events Screening Questionnaire and the PTSD checklist PCL-5.

resultsWe found nine participants (11.6%) with probable PTSD. This was significantly higher than the postulated population prevalence in Norway (p < 0.015). We found no direct association between myocardial infarction as illness trauma and symptom levels (p = 0.123). However, we found a significant linear trend (p = 0.002), indicating that symptom severity increased proportionately as the number of post-traumatic events increased.

conclusionPTSD prevalence in myocardial infarction patients was related to lifetime exposure to traumatic events, not the myocardial infarction event alone. More research is required to examine the interaction between myocardial infarction and PTSD. Clinicians should be aware that anxiety or depression symptoms after MI could be secondary symptoms of PTSD.

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Myocardial InfarctionStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAnxiety DisordersCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleComorbid mental healthMental healthMental traumaMyocardial infarctionPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Public healthStressful life eventsThe Tromsø Study

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