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P01-306 - Trait Anxiety Predicts Quality of Life in Patients with Heart Failure Independently of the Severity of Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

L. Samartzis ,
S. Dimopoulos ,
C. Manetos ,
V. Agapitou ,
A. Bouchla ,
A. Tasoulis ,
S. Drakos ,
J. Terrovitis  and
S. Nanas
L. Samartzis
Affiliation:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, ‘Eugenideio’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
S. Dimopoulos
Affiliation:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, ‘Eugenideio’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
C. Manetos
Affiliation:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, ‘Eugenideio’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
V. Agapitou
Affiliation:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, ‘Eugenideio’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
A. Bouchla
Affiliation:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, ‘Eugenideio’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
A. Tasoulis
Affiliation:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, ‘Eugenideio’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
S. Drakos
Affiliation:
3rd Cardiology Department, ‘Laiko’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
J. Terrovitis
Affiliation:
3rd Cardiology Department, ‘Laiko’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
S. Nanas
Affiliation:
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, ‘Eugenideio’ Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Abstract

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Objectives

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between anxiety personality trait, Quality of Life (QoL) and severity of disease in a Greek population of patients with Chronic Heart Failure (CHF).

Methods

Twenty-seven consecutive CHF outpatients (22 males, 5 females; age: 56±12) were asked to answer the Greek version of the Trait Anxiety subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), as a part of a thorough cardiological and psychiatric clinical evaluation. QoL was assessed with the Greek version of the disease-specific Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ). Multiple linear regression was conducted to determine the best linear combination of Trait Anxiety scores and severity of disease scores, for predicting KCCQ Overall Summary Score. The indices of disease severity that were used were New York Heart Association (NYHA) class in the first model and VO2peak in the second model.

Results

For the first model (adjusted R2=0.557, F(2,20)=14.816, p< 0.001), NYHA class (B=-8.430, SE=3.965, beta=-0.323, p< 0.05) as well as Trait Anxiety (B=-0.886, SE=0.225, beta=-0.597, p< 0.05) significantly predict KCCQ Overall Summary Score.

For the second model (adjusted R2=0.616, F(2,19)=17.848, p< 0.001), VO2peak (B=17.998, SE=8.374, beta=0.317, p< 0.05) as well as Trait Anxiety (B=-0.884, SE=0.208, beta=-0.626, p< 0.001) significantly predict KCCQ Overall Summary Score.

Conclusions

Trait Anxiety predicts QoL independently of disease severity in CHF and therefore should be considered in the assessment of patient health status as well as in the design of treatment interventions and rehabilitation.

Type
Consultation liaison psychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E514
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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