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Levels of anxiety, depression and denial in patients with myocardial infarction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

D Sarantidis ,
A Thomas ,
K Iphantis ,
N Katsaros ,
J Tripodianakis  and
G Katsabouris
D Sarantidis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Evangelismos General Hospital, Ipsilantou 45, 10676Athens, Greece
A Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Evangelismos General Hospital, Ipsilantou 45, 10676Athens, Greece
K Iphantis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Evangelismos General Hospital, Ipsilantou 45, 10676Athens, Greece
N Katsaros
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital, Ipsilantou 45, 10676Athens, Greece
J Tripodianakis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Evangelismos General Hospital, Ipsilantou 45, 10676Athens, Greece
G Katsabouris
Affiliation:
Athens, Greece
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Summary

In this study we investigated 1) the changes in anxiety, depression and denial from admission to discharge in patients admitted to the intensive care unit following an acute myocardial infarction and 2) the effect of smoking habits, time lapsed from the appearance of symptoms to seeking help behavior, presence of a person that motivated the patient to seek help, previous myocardial infarction (MI) and family history of MI, on these changes. The results indicated that 1) the levels of both anxiety and depression increased from admission to discharge, while denial decreased; 2) positive family history of MI was associated with lower difference of denial between admission and discharge.

Keywords

anxietydepressiondenialmyocardial infarction
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Short communication
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European Psychiatry , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , 1997 , pp. 149 - 151
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1997

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