2025
Psychological Interventions for Reducing Distress in Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmias
Särnholm J, Gaffey A, Turchio M, Biviano A, Burg M. Psychological Interventions for Reducing Distress in Patients with Cardiac Arrhythmias. Current Cardiology Reports 2025, 27: 102. PMID: 40560300, PMCID: PMC12198271, DOI: 10.1007/s11886-025-02253-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyPsychological healthPsychological interventionsAssociated with anxietyBehavioral therapyAvoidance behaviorReduce distressArrhythmia careReduce anxietyPoor quality of lifeAnxietyDepressionQuality of lifeCare CollaborativeCare systemImprove QoLInterventionCareSummaryFurther researchHealthPoor qualityDistressQoLAvoidanceFear
2023
Psychological Risk Factors in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Gaffey A, Goldstein C, Lee S, Hays M, Gaalema D. Psychological Risk Factors in Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Journal Of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation And Prevention 2023, 44: e3-e4. PMID: 38079256, PMCID: PMC10842152, DOI: 10.1097/hcr.0000000000000843.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure in the Jackson Heart Study: Differential Risk Among Black Men and Women
Gaffey AE, Cavanagh CE, Rosman L, Wang K, Deng Y, Sims M, O’Brien E, Chamberlain AM, Mentz RJ, Glover LM, Burg MM. Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure in the Jackson Heart Study: Differential Risk Among Black Men and Women. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e022514. PMID: 35191315, PMCID: PMC9075063, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.022514.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncident heart failureHigher depressive symptomsHF risk factorsHeart failureDepressive symptomsCause mortalityGreater riskLifestyle factorsRisk factorsCases of HFHistory of HFJackson Heart Study participantsSignificant depressive symptomsBaseline depressive symptomsJackson Heart StudyProportional hazards modelSex-specific associationsSex-specific managementCardiovascular outcomesUnadjusted associationsUnadjusted modelsHeart StudyHazards modelSymptomsStudy participants
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