Characteristics associated with anxiety, depressive symptoms, and quality-of-life in a large cohort of implantable cardioverter defibrillator recipients

2014 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingela Thylén ◽  
Rebecca L. Dekker ◽  
Tiny Jaarsma ◽  
Anna Strömberg ◽  
Debra K. Moser
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Large Cohort ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator

scholarly journals Resilience, Cardiological Outcome, and Their Correlations With Anxious-Depressive Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celeste Isella ◽  
Alessandra Gasparini ◽  
Giulia Lucca ◽  
Marta Ielmini ◽  
Ivano Caselli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cardiac Events ◽  
World Health Organization Quality ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator

Background: Resilience is proven as a protective factor against the development of psychiatric disorders, and it has gained clinical relevance in the development and progression of cardiovascular pathology. The authors performed a longitudinal study on patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) with the primary aim to highlight the possible existence of a correlation between individual resilience capacity, depressive and anxiety symptoms, and quality of life in terms of outcomes. The secondary aim was to analyze the differences between patients with major cardiac events in the follow-up and patients without cardiac events with respect to the previous variables.Materials and Methods: A total of 80 patients enrolled in the Cardiology Unit were evaluated at T0 and during the follow-up through the following scales: the 14-item Resilience Scale (RS-14), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief Version (WHOQOL-Bref).Results: A significant linear correlation between resilience and all the areas of quality of life at T0, T1, and T2 emerged. A negative correlation between resilience and anxiety and depressive symptoms emerged, as well as between depression and anxiety and quality of life. Patients with cardiac events during the follow up have shown a worse quality of life and the onset of anxiety-depressive symptoms over time, without changes to the resilience scores. Patients without cardiac events showed an increasing trend in resilience scores.Discussion: Given the speed and simplicity of use of the RS-14 scale, it seems promising to further investigate the real clinical usefulness of this instrument in the cardiology field.

scholarly journals P1742Assessment of quality of life and ICD shock-related anxiety in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator: the PainFree SST study

EP Europace ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (suppl_3) ◽  
pp. iii379-iii379
Author(s):  
Y. Kondo ◽  
S. Sasaki ◽  
S. Sears ◽  
M. Okamoto ◽  
B. Gerritse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Icd Shock

scholarly journals A comparison of the quality of life between patients aged below 65 years and over 65 years with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. P5132-P5132
Author(s):  
Y. Ohtsuki ◽  
T. Tomita ◽  
A. Kitano ◽  
H. Mochizuki ◽  
K. Yoshie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator

Withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies

2015 ◽  
pp. 463-472
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Campbell ◽  
Linda M. Gorman
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mechanical Ventilation ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Organ Failure ◽  
Relative Frequency ◽  
Symptom Distress ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Cardiac Devices

Withdrawal of mechanical ventilation (MV), discontinuation of dialysis, and deactivation of cardiac devices are procedures that occur with relative frequency. The benefits of these therapies, when initiated, are to replace failing organs, extend life, and improve quality of life by relieving symptom distress associated with organ failure. When the burdens exceed the benefits, or when the patient is near death or unresponsive, decisions may be made to cease these therapies. In some cases, such as implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) deactivation, no distress is anticipated. In others, such as discontinuing dialysis or withdrawing MV, measures to palliate anticipated distress must be applied. A peaceful death after cessation of life-prolonging therapies can be provided.

Impact of Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators on the Psychosocial Functioning of Paediatric Patients

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ali Dinc Bozat ◽  
Sinem Akgül ◽  
İlker Ertugrul ◽  
Tevfik Karagoz
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Paediatric Population ◽  
Brief Symptom Inventory ◽  
Psychosocial Effects ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Cardiac Devices

Abstract Although implanted cardiac devices improve patients’ physical health, long-term psychosocial effects especially in the paediatric population are still unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychosocial effects of cardiac devices in a paediatric population. Pediatric Quality of Life Questionnaire (PedsQoL) was used to evaluate life quality, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale was used to evaluate resilience and Brief Symptom Inventory was used to evaluate psychiatric symptoms in a paediatric population with cardiac devices. Seventy-one patients were enrolled in the study. Fifty of them (70.5%) had a cardiac pacemaker and 21 of them (29.5%) had implantable cardioverter defibrillator. When compared to the control group both implantable cardioverter defibrillator and pacemaker using patients had lower quality of life (79.5 ± 12.4 versus 86.7 ± 12.1, p = 0.001) but no difference was observed in resilience and psychological pathologies. Age, gender, family size, and education level had no effect on quality of life. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator bearing patients had higher levels of anxiety than pacemaker patients (0.58 versus 0.30 p = 0.045), and implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients who had received shock in the last year had higher levels of somatisation than the group that did not receive device shock (0.17 versus 0.44 p = 0.022). In conclusion study showed that cardiac devices have negative effects on the psychosocial health of children. Cardiologist working with these patients should be aware of these pathologies and monitor not only physical health but also psychosocial health too.

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