Personality and cardiovascular risk: association between hypertension and affective temperaments—a cross-sectional observational study in primary care settings

A Eory, X Gonda, Z Lang, P Torzsa… - The European journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
… gender differences in age and to examine the age difference … temperaments (depressive,
cyclothymic, irritable and anxious) … important predictive factor of atypical major depression with …

The Charlson comorbidity index is adapted to predict costs of chronic disease in primary care patients

ME Charlson, RE Charlson, JC Peterson… - Journal of clinical …, 2008 - Elsevier
… to determine the predictors of the cost of care of a large cohort of primary care patients. We
… comorbidity score, three other chronic conditions (hypertension, depression, and skin ulcers/…

Personality and mortality after myocardial infarction

J Denollet, SU Sys, DL Brutsaert - Psychosomatic medicine, 1995 - journals.lww.com
depression and social isolation, but also anxiety, … is anxiety that is predictive of mortality in
the present study, we conducted additional analyses. Using a median split on the Trait Anxiety

Depressive symptoms are the strongest predictors of short-term declines in health status in patients with heart failure

JS Rumsfeld, E Havranek, FA Masoudi… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
predictor, variable for this study was depressive symptoms as measured by the baseline
MOS-D. This instrument is a validated, eight-item questionnaire for the screening of depressive

The associations between life satisfaction and health-related quality of life, chronic illness, and health behaviors among US community-dwelling adults

TW Strine, DP Chapman, LS Balluz… - Journal of community …, 2008 - Springer
between life dissatisfaction and depressive and anxiety symptoms; … depth the associations
between physical and psychiatric … of life satisfaction as a predictor of mental health and illness. …

Predicting quality of life in veterans with heart failure: the role of disease severity, depression, and comorbid anxiety

JA Cully, LL Phillips, ME Kunik, MA Stanley… - Behavioral …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
… , the impact of depressive symptoms was the most robust predictor, followed by NYHA class
and age, suggesting that emotional factors might play a highly significant role in HF patients’ …

Depression, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation

G Thrall, GYH Lip, D Carroll, D Lane - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
… in AF patients may be needed. … AF patients have elevated levels of depression and anxiety,
which persist at 6 months. Symptoms of depression were the strongest independent predictor

Profile of cognitive impairment in chronic heart failure

RLC Vogels, JM Oosterman… - Journal of the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
heart disease, and lower estimated IQs. Symptoms of depression and anxiety were distributed
equally between … ApoE ɛ4 allele was an independent predictor of cognitive impairment in …

Correlates of psychological distress in elderly patients with congestive heart failure

SF Doris, DTF Lee, J Woo, DR Thompson - Journal of psychosomatic …, 2004 - Elsevier
… Numerous studies suggest that anxiety and depression among hospitalized cardiac patients
are predictors of poor symptom control and more functional decline in the postdischarge …

Depression as a predictor of disease progression and mortality in cancer patients: a meta‐analysis

JR Satin, W Linden, MJ Phillips - Cancer, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
depressive symptoms and major depressive disorder predict disease progression and
mortality in cancer patientsbetween depressive symptoms or major/minor depression and …