Which Factors Unexpectedly Increase Depressive Symptom Severity in Patients at the End of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program?
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
;
: 872-879, 2015.
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in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-47932
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate predictors of depressive symptom aggravation at the end of a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program.METHODS:
The design of the study was retrospective. The administrative data were obtained from the database of the CR department of a heart hospital in Iran. The demographic and clinical information of 615 CR patients between January 2000 and January 2010 was analyzed using binary logistic regression analysis.RESULTS:
The results showed that 10.7% of the patients completed the CR program with aggravated depressive symptoms. After adjustment for gender, age, and pre-intervention depression score, lower education level (p<0.05) and smoking (p<0.01) were significant predictors of increased depressive symptoms at the end of the program. Our model variables could explain 6% to 13% of the dependent variable variance.CONCLUSION:
The results suggest that targeting patients who are less literate or who smoke could allow for taking the required measures to prevent or control depression at the end of a CR program. It is suggested that future studies consider other variables.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Rehabilitation
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Smoke
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Smoking
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Logistic Models
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Demography
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Retrospective Studies
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Depression
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Education
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Heart
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Heart Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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