A Positive 2-Item Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Screen Among Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients is Associated With Elevated 12-Month Mortality
Abstract Background Given the association of depression with poorer cardiac outcomes, an American Heart Association Science Advisory has advocated routine screening of cardiac patients for depression using the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) “at a minimum.” However, the prognostic value...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of cardiac failure 2012-03, Vol.18 (3), p.238-245 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Abstract Background Given the association of depression with poorer cardiac outcomes, an American Heart Association Science Advisory has advocated routine screening of cardiac patients for depression using the 2-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2) “at a minimum.” However, the prognostic value of the PHQ-2 among HF patients is unknown. Methods and Results We screened hospitalized HF patients (ejection fraction [EF] |
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ISSN: | 1071-9164 1532-8414 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.11.002 |