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
Hauptverfasser: Rollman, Bruce L., MD, MPH, Herbeck Belnap, Bea, DrBiolHum, Mazumdar, Sati, PhD, Houck, Patricia R., MS, He, Fanyin, BS, Alvarez, Rene J., MD, Schulberg, Herbert C., PhD, Reynolds, Charles F., MD, McNamara, Dennis M., MD
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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]
ISSN:1071-9164
1532-8414
DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2011.11.002