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Abstract Background: Depression and anxiety are frequent comorbid conditions in cardiovascular diseases (CVDs); they are related to poor prognosis and higher mortality risk. Health providers need a clinical tool to identify these psychiatric conditions. The 14-item hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) is a screening tool used in patients with different medical conditions. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the HADS Mexican Spanish version in a broad sample of Mexican patients with CVDs. Materials and Methods: A total of 953 individuals between 18 and 75 years old with ischemic or hypertensive cardiomyopathy were screened with the HADS Mexican Spanish version. Construct validity, internal consistency, and congruence coefficients of the scale were obtained. Results: The results showed two clear factors which correspond to the original two designated domains of the HADS, anxiety, and depression, with adequate reliability values (alpha > 0.80) and high congruence coefficients (> 0.90) when compared to the sample of other validation studies of the HADS. Conclusions: The present study adds evidence of the validity and reliability of the HADS to assess the presence of both depression and anxiety in Mexican patients with CVD. Its central contribution is that it demonstrates its capacity to differentiate the presence and severity of depression and anxiety in this population.
Resumen Antecedentes: La depresión y la ansiedad son afecciones comórbidas frecuentes en las enfermedades cardiovasculares; se relacionan con mal pronóstico y mayor riesgo de mortalidad. Los proveedores de salud requieren de una herramienta clínica para identificar estas condiciones psiquiátricas. La Escala de Ansiedad y Depresión Hospitalaria de 14 ítems (HADS) es una herramienta de detección utilizada en pacientes con diferentes afecciones médicas. Objetivo: Evaluar las propiedades psicométricas de la versión mexicana-española de la HADS en una amplia muestra de pacientes mexicanos con enfermedades cardiovasculares (ECV). Método: Un total de 953 individuos entre 18 y 75 años de edad con cardiomiopatía isquémica o hipertensiva se examinaron con la versión Mexicana en español de la HADS. Se obtuvieron la validez de constructo, la consistencia interna y los coeficientes de congruencia de la escala. Resultados: Los resultados mostraron dos factores que corresponden a los dos dominios designados originales de la HADS, ansiedad y depresión, con valores de confiabilidad adecuados (alfa > 0.80) y altos coeficientes de congruencia (> 0.90) en comparación con la muestra de otros estudios de validación de la HADS. Conclusiones: El presente estudio sustenta la validez y confiabilidad de la HADS para evaluar la presencia de depresión y ansiedad en pacientes Mexicanos con ECV. Su contribución central es su capacidad para diferenciar la presencia y la gravedad de la depresión y la ansiedad en esta población.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Young Adult , Anxiety/epidemiology , Depression/epidemiology , Cardiomyopathies/psychology , Anxiety/diagnosis , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales , Psychometrics , Severity of Illness Index , Surveys and Questionnaires , Reproducibility of Results , Myocardial Ischemia/psychology , Depression/diagnosis , Hypertension/psychology , Cardiomyopathies/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Objective: recognizing the expectations of patients submitted to myocardium revascularization surgery at the time of hospital discharge. Method: a descriptive-exploratory study of aqualitative approach carried out with ten patients in post-operative myocardium revascularization surgery of a university hospital in the south of Brazil. The data were collected from July to August, 2012, through a semi-structured interview and were analyzed based on content analysis. Results: the results were grouped into a category that focuses on patients ' expectations facing the recovery process and returning to daily activities. It was found out that this phase is challenging for the subjects, in special with feelings of anxiety and worry about the future, besides having weaknesses in relation to the knowledge about changes of habits imposed by the process of illness. Conclusions: surgery causes a significant impact on the patients lives, thus being necessary the effective intervention by the nursing staff, in order to optimizing the recovery process.
Objetivo: conhecer as expectativas de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio no momento da alta hospitalar. Método:estudo descritivo-exploratório de abordagem qualitativa, realizado com dez pacientes pós-cirúrgicos de revascularização miocárdica de um hospital universitário do sul do Brasil. Os dados foram coletados de julho a agosto de 2012, utilizando-se entrevista semiestruturada e analisados por meio de análise de conteúdo. Resultados: os resultados foram agrupados em uma categoria que versa sobre as expectativas dos pacientes frente ao processo de recuperação e retorno às atividades diárias. Evidenciou-se que essa fase mostra-se desafiadora para os sujeitos, sobressaindo-se sentimentos de ansiedade e preocupação com o futuro, além de terem fragilidades em relação ao conhecimento sobre as mudanças de hábitos impostas pelo processo de adoecimento. Conclusões: a cirurgia provoca um impacto significativo na vida dos pacientes, sendo necessária a intervenção efetiva da enfermagem, a fim de otimizar o processo de recuperação.
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Humans , Patient Discharge , Cardiomyopathies/psychology , Nursing Care , Myocardial Revascularization/nursing , Myocardial Revascularization/psychologyABSTRACT
Apresenta-se o caso de uma paciente de 71 anos que preencheu os critérios diagnósticos para cardiomiopatia induzida por estresse que foi desencadeada por intenso estresse emocional após atropelamento por bicicleta. O quadro clínico mimetizou o infarto agudo do miocárdio, manifestando-se com dor precordial, supradesnivelamento do segmento ST, seguido por ondas T profundas e prolongamento do intervalo QT, elevação discreta de enzimas cardíacas e cursando com disfunção sistólica apical do ventrículo esquerdo e hipercinesia das porções basais (conferindo o aspecto de "abaloamento apical"), mas na ausência de obstrução coronariana subepicárdica. A função ventricular normalizou-se após a segunda semana de evolução.
The case presented here is of a 71-yr-old female patient who met the diagnostic criteria for stress-induced cardiomyopathy, which was triggered by intense emotional stress after being hit by a bicycle. The clinical picture mimicked that of an acute myocardial infarction, manifesting as precordial pain, ST-segment depression followed by deep negative T waves and prolonging of the QT interval, slight increase in cardiac enzymes and coursing with transient apical ballooning of the left ventricle and hyperkinesis of the basal walls (conferring the aspect of "apical ballooning"), although in the absence of subepicardial coronary obstruction. Ventricular function normalized after the second week of clinical evolution.