Psychological distress and mortality in systolic heart failure
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- DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.109.871483
Psychological distress and mortality in systolic heart failure
Abstract
Background: Depression, anxiety, and type D ("distressed") personality (tendency to experience negative emotions paired with social inhibition) have been associated with poor prognosis in coronary heart disease, but little is known about their role in chronic heart failure. Therefore, we investigated whether these indicators of psychological distress are associated with mortality in chronic heart failure.
Method and results: Consecutive outpatients with chronic heart failure (n=641; 74.3% men; mean age, 66.6+/-10.0 years) filled out a 4-item questionnaire to assess mixed symptoms of anxiety and depression and the 14-item type D scale. End points were defined as all-cause and cardiac mortality. After a mean follow-up of 37.6+/-15.6 months, 123 deaths (76 due to cardiac cause) were recorded. Cumulative hazard functions for elevated anxiety/depression symptoms differed marginally for all-cause (P=0.06), but not cardiac, mortality (P=0.43); type D personality was associated with neither all-cause mortality (P=0.63) nor cardiac mortality (P=0.87). In multivariable analyses, neither elevated anxiety/depression symptoms nor type D personality was associated with all-cause mortality (hazard ratio [HR]=1.18; 95% CI, 0.76 to 1.84; P=0.45 and HR=1.09; 95% CI, 0.67 to 1.77; P=0.73, respectively) or cardiac mortality (HR=1.13; 95% CI, 0.63 to 2.04; P=0.65 and HR=1.16; 95% CI, 0.62 to 2.18; P=0.67). In secondary analyses, a 1-point increase in anxiety/depression (range, 0 to 16) was associated with an 8% increase in risk for all-cause mortality (HR=1.08; 95% CI, 1.01 to 1.15; P=0.02).
Conclusions: Neither elevated anxiety/depression symptoms nor type D personality was associated with an increased risk for all-cause or cardiac mortality. Future studies with adequate power and a longer follow-up duration are needed to further elucidate the role of psychological distress in chronic heart failure.
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