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Is Cardiophobia Key Factor of Hypertensive Patient’s Quality of Life

Introduction. Results. Materials and Methods. Conclusions. References. Is Cardiophobia Key Factor of Hypertensive Patient’s Quality of Life. Dimitris Tsartsalis 1 Elena Dragioti 2 , George Kyriazopoulos 1 Theodoros Halkias 3 , Evangelia Kotrotsiou 4 and Mary Gouva 5.

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Is Cardiophobia Key Factor of Hypertensive Patient’s Quality of Life

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  1. Introduction Results Materials and Methods Conclusions References Is Cardiophobia Key Factor of Hypertensive Patient’s Quality of Life Dimitris Tsartsalis1 Elena Dragioti 2, George Kyriazopoulos1 Theodoros Halkias3, Evangelia Kotrotsiou4 and Mary Gouva5 1Intensive Care Unit, Lamia General Hospital, Lamia, 2Department of Psychiatry, “Sotiria” Hospital, Athens, 3Medical School -Postgraduate Program “Primary Care Health”, University of Thessaly, 4School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Larissa, Larisa, 5School of Health, Higher Technological Educational Institution of Epirus - Greece, Ioannina, Greece A series of studies have shown an association between symptoms of psychological distress and hypertension(Frasure-Smith et al 1993; Rosengren et al 2004). . Age was differ significantly among the two sexes (t = -2789, p =.006). Linear regression models found that for psychical health cardiac anxiety and depression were fully mediate on levels of quality of life in hypertensive patients after controlling for age, gender and other socio-demographic variables (Beta= -0,36, p=.000, Beta= 0,133, p=.007 respectively). Cardiophobia was the only independent variable that impacts on mental health (Beta= 0, 40, p=.001) after adjustments. Aim To quantify the link between cardiac anxiety functioning (commonly referred to as cardiophobia), depression and quality of life in hypertensive patients.  A cross-sectional design was performed. A sample of 160 hypertensive patients (81 men - 79 women, mean age 51 years, SD = 12 ranged 25-77) participated to the present study. The questionnaire included: a) question for the recording of social-demographic characteristics and clinical features, b) The SF-36 Health Survey, c) The Beck Depression Inventory -II, and d) The Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire (Dragioti et al., 2011). Βoth SPSS for Windows 14.0 and STATA 10 were used for statistical analysis. Table 1: Cronbach's a (alpha) coefficients of questionnaires’ internal consistency Table 2: Linear regression models for PSC-36 Table 3: Linear regression models for MSC-36 • Dragioti E, Vitoratou S, Kaltsouda A, Tsartsalis D, Gouva M. (2011) Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Greek version of the Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire (CAQ). Psychol Rep.,109(1):77-92. • Frasure-Smith N, Lesperance F, Talajiic M. Depression following myocardial infarction: impact on 6-month survival. JAMA 1993; 270:1819–1861. • Rosengren A, Hawken S, Ounpuu S, Sliwa K, Zubaid M, Almahmeed W, et al. Association of psychological risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11 119 cases and 13 648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. Lancet 2004; 364:953–962 Quality of life is associated with depression and cardiophobia in the case of hypertension. Therefore health care providers should consider the close linear association between psychological distress and quality of life in their continuing care of their patients.

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