Heart Failure Functional Class Associated with Depression Severity But Not Anxiety Severity

Background:Depressionand anxiety are common inheart failure (HF) patients and associated with adverse clinical outcomes. However, there are little or no published data that focuses on the relationship between these commonly observed situations and HF classes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between these psychiatric co-morbidities and HF symptom classes. As a second objective of our study, the associations between patient characteristics and depression severity were also assessed. Methods: Our study enrolled a total of 420 HF study participants. The severity of depressive and anxiety symptoms was evaluated by Beck’s depression and anxiety. The measured total scores were used to grade depression severity and anxiety as minimal/mild and moderate/severe. Results: According to NYHA Functional Classification, 228 patients (51%) had class I symptoms, 101 (23%) had class II symptoms, 31 (7%) had class III symptoms, and class IV symptoms were noted in the remaining 60 patients (19%). The mean B