Survey of depression and anxiety in middle and elderly patients with chest pain
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2012.06.028
- VernacularTitle:中老年胸痛患者伴抑郁和焦虑的调查
- Author:
Jun XUE
;
Chunling WANG
;
Zhanhong HAN
;
Wenjing ZHANG
;
Mingxiao WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression;
Anxiety;
Chest pian;
Coronary disease
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2012;31(6):532-533
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the prevalence of depression and anxiety in the middle and elderly patients with chest pain from department of emergency.Methods Totally 1200 patients suffering from chest pain were enrolled from July 2009 to August 2009.All patients were scored by self-rating depression scale (SDS) and self evaluation anxious scale (SAS).Results 383 cases of 912 patients(42.0％) with coronary heart disease (CAD) and 58 of 288 patients (20.1％) without CAD had depression,with a statistically significant difference (x2 =44.98,P=0.002).Odds ratio (OR) for CAD in patients with depression was 2.5,with 95 ％ confidence interval (CI) of 1.0-5.0 (P ＜0.05).Conclusions There is high prevalence of depression and anxiety as independent risk factors for CAD.
