Concerns about the implantable cardioverter defibrillator: a determinant of anxiety and depressive symptoms independent of experienced shocks

Susanne S. Pedersen; Ron T van Domburg; Dominic A M J Theuns; Luc Jordaens; Ruud A M Erdman

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2004.06.031

Concerns about the implantable cardioverter defibrillator: a determinant of anxiety and depressive symptoms independent of experienced shocks

Susanne S. Pedersen, Ron T van Domburg, Dominic A M J Theuns, Luc Jordaens, Ruud A M Erdman

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Abstract

Patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are at increased risk of anxiety disorders. In turn, anxiety has been identified as a precipitant of ventricular arrhythmias. Anxiety may in part be attributed to concerns about the ICD firing, but the relationship between ICD concerns, psychological morbidity, and shocks has not been systematically investigated. We examined the relative importance of experienced shocks versus subjective concerns about the ICD as determinants of anxiety and depressive symptoms in ICD patients.

Original language	English
Journal	American Heart Journal
Volume	149
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	664-9
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0002-8703
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2004.06.031
Publication status	Published - Apr 2005

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Anxiety Disorders
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Combined Modality Therapy
Defibrillators, Implantable
Depressive Disorder
Electric Countershock
Equipment Failure
Fear
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Questionnaires
Severity of Illness Index
Socioeconomic Factors

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Concerns about the implantable cardioverter defibrillator : a determinant of anxiety and depressive symptoms independent of experienced shocks. / Pedersen, Susanne S.; van Domburg, Ron T; Theuns, Dominic A M J; Jordaens, Luc; Erdman, Ruud A M.

In: American Heart Journal, Vol. 149, No. 4, 04.2005, p. 664-9.

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