The course of depression 10-weeks post-acute coronary syndrome: Assessment using the cardiac depression visual analogue scale

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-493

  Di Benedetto, Mirella ^a   Kent, Stephen ^b   Lindner, Helen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The Australian Psychological Society Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Depression; Short scale

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL IRRITATION; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 53149135071     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500701660459     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. American Psychiatric Association (1994). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
2. Arnau, R.C., Meagher, M.W., Norris, M.P., & Bramson, R. (2001). Psychometric evaluation of the Beck Depression Inventory-II with primary care medical patients. Health Psychology, 20, 112-119.
3. Barefoot, J., & Schroll, M. (1996). Symptoms of depression, acute myocardial infarction, and total mortality in a community sample. Circulation, 93, 1976-1980.
4. Beck, A., Rush, A., Shaw, B., & Emery, G. (1979). Cognitive therapy of depression. NY: Guilford Press.
5. Beck, A., Steer, R., & Brown, G. (1996). BDI-II Manual. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.
6. Beck, A., Ward, C., Mendelson, M., Mock, J., & Erbaugh, J. (1961). An inventory for measuring depression. Archives of General Psychiatry, 4, 561-569.
7. Cella, D.F., & Perry, S.W. (1986). Reliability and concurrent validity of three visual analogue mood scales. Psychological Reports, 59, 827-833.
8. DeVon, H., & Zerzic, J. (2002). Symptoms of acute coronary syndromes: are there gender differences? A review of the literature. Heart & Lung, 31, 235-245.
9. Di Benedetto, M ., Lindner, H.D., Hare, D., & Kent, S. (2005). A Cardiac Depression Visual Analogue Scale for the brief and rapid assessment of depression following acute coronary syndromes. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 59, 223-229.
10. Di Benedetto, M., Lindner, H.D., Hare, D., & Kent, S. (2006). Depression following acute coronary syndromes: a comparison between the Cardiac Depression Scale and the Beck Depression Inventory-II. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 13-20.
11. Frasure-Smith, N., Lespérance, F., Gravel, G., Masson, A., Juneau, M., Talajic, M., et al. (2000). Social support, depression, and mortality during the first year after myocardial infarction. Circulation, 101, 1919-1924.
12. Frasure-Smith, N., Lespérance, F., & Talajic, M. (1993). Depression following myocardial infarct: impact on 6-month survival. Journal of the American Medical Association, 270, 1819-1825.
13. Frasure-Smith, N., Lespérance, F., & Talajic, M. (1995). Depression and 18-month prognosis after myocardial infarct. Circulation, 91, 999-1005.
14. Grace, S.L., Abbey, S., Pinto, R., Shnek, Z.M., Irvine, J., & Stewart, D.E. (2005). Longitudinal course of depressive symptomatology after a cardiac event: effects of gender and cardiac rehabilitation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 52-58.
15. Grant, S., Aitchison, T., Henderson, E., Christie, J., Zare, S., & McMurray, J. (1999). A comparison of the reproducibility and the sensitivity to change of visual analogue scales, Borg scales, and Likert scales in normal subjects during submaximal exercise. Chest, 116, 1208-1217.
16. Hare, D., & Davis, C. (1996). Cardiac depression scale: validation of a new depression scale for cardiac patients. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 40, 379-386.
17. Jorm, A.F., & Duncan-Jones, P, Scott R. (1989). An analysis of the re-test artifact in longitudinal studies of psychiatric symptoms and personality. Psychol Med, 19, 487-493.
18. Ladwig, K.H., Kieser, M., Konig, J., Breithardt, G., & Borggrefe, M. (1991). Affective disorders and survival after acute myocardial infarction. Results from the postinfarction late potential study. European Heart Journal, 12, 959-964.
19. Lane, D., Carroll, D., Ring, C., Beevers, D.G., & Lip, G. (2002). The prevalence and persistence of depression and anxiety following myocardial infarction. British Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 11-21.
20. Luria, R.E. (1975). The validity and reliability of the visual analogue mood scale. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 12, 51-57.
21. Mayou, R.A., Gill, D., Thompson, D.R., Day, A., Hicks, N., Volmink, J., et al. (2000). Depression and anxiety as predictors of outcome after myocardial infarction. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 212-219.
22. McIntyre, R.S., Konarski, J.Z., Mancini, D.A., Zurowski, M., Giacobbe, P., Soczynska, J.K., & Kennedy, S.H. (2006). Improving outcomes in depression: a focus on somatic symptoms. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 60, 279-282.
23. Schleifer, S.J., Macari-Hinson, M.M., Coyle, D.A., Slater, W.R., Kahn, M., Gorlin, R., et al. (1989). The nature and course of depression following myocardial infarction. Archives of Internal Medicine, 149(8), 1785-1789.
24. Scott, J., & Huskisson, E.C. (1976). Graphic representation of pain. Pain, 2, 175-187.
25. Steeds, R.P., Bickerton, D., Smith, M.J., & Muthusamy, R. (2004). Assessment of depression following acute myocardial infarction using the Beck Depression Inventory. Heart, 90(2), 217-222.
26. Stern, R.A., Arruda, J.E., Hooper, C.R., Wolfner, G.D., & Morey, C.E. (1997). Visual analogue mood scales to measure internal mood state in neurologically impaired patients: description and initial validity evidence. Aphasiology, 11, 59-71.
27. Thombs, B.D., Bass, E.B., Ford, D.E., Stewart, K.J., Tsilidis, K.K., Patel, U., et al. (2006). Prevalence of depression in survivors of acute myocardial infarction. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 21, 30-38.
28. Trelawny-Ross, C., & Russell, O. (1987). Social and psychological responses to myocardial infarction: Multiple determinants of outcome at six months. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 31(1), 125-130.
29. Yudkin, J.S., Kumari, M., Humphries, S.E., & Mohamed-Ali, V. (2000). Inflammation, obesity, stress and coronary heart disease: Is interleukin-6 the link?. Atherosclerosis, 148, 209-214.
30. Ziegelstein, R.C., Fauerbach, J.A., Stevens, S.S., Romanelli, J., & Richter, D.P. (2000). Patients with depression are less likely to follow recommendations to reduce cardiac risk during recovery from a myocardial infarction. Archives of Internal Medicine, 160, 1818-1823.