TY - JOUR ID - 39628 TI - Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Study in a Tertiary Hospital JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Siew Eng, Ho AU - Chee Yean, Loo AU - Das, Srijit AU - Letchmi, Santhna AU - Sin Yee, Khor AU - Bakar, Rohayu A. AU - Hung, Jeliha AU - Yin Choy, Choy AD - Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia AD - Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia AD - Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia AD - Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive care, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Y1 - 2011 PY - 2011 VL - 36 IS - 3 SP - 201 EP - 206 KW - Coronary heart disease KW - Anxiety KW - depression KW - Quality of life DO - N2 - Anxiety and depression could reduce the quality of life, and exacerbate physical symptoms and even mortality amongst patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of anxiety and depression in patients with acute CHD. In a period from March to December 2008, the views of 108 CHD patients, hospitalized in a tertiary hospital, were solicited using Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and sociodemographic questionnaires. Patients with CHD had a low level anxiety and depression scores. There was significant differences in the total HADS score of participants stratified for marital status (P=0.027) or co-morbidity of diseases (P=0.012). Also, there were significant dif-ferences in the scores of depression subscale stratified for marital status (P=0.021) or co-morbidity of disease (P=0.007). However, there was no significant difference between the total HADS score or depression subscale score of the participants stratified based on age, gender, race, education, or income. Moreover, unmarried CHD respondents possessed higher de-pression level compared to the married respondents, and CHD respondents with co-morbid dis-eases showed a high level of depression. The findings might be taken as evidence to suggest that CHD patients should be evaluated early for the detection of anxiety and depression for appropriate referral and support. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_39628.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_39628_8c22916ddcbe7a148b17afed0df39b7c.pdf ER -