Posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in heart transplantation recipients: the relationship with outcome and adherence to medical treatment

There is growing evidence of the importance of psychiatric risk factors for predicting the outcome of heart transplantation (HT) recipients. The aim of our study was to investigate the role of major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the prediction of the outcome of HT in a conse...

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Published in:General hospital psychiatry 2011, Vol.33 (1), p.1-7
Main Authors: Favaro, Angela, Gerosa, Gino, Caforio, Alida L.P., Volpe, Biancarosa, Rupolo, Giampietro, Zarneri, Deborah, Boscolo, Silvia, Pavan, Chiara, Tenconi, Elena, d'Agostino, Chiara, Moz, Monica, Torregrossa, Gianluca, Feltrin, Giuseppe, Gambino, Antonio, Santonastaso, Paolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Cancer
Compliance
Depression
Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology
Female
Forecasting
Heart transplantation
Heart Transplantation - psychology
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Italy - epidemiology
Major depression
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mood disorders
Mortality
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Patient Compliance
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Prospective Studies
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
PTSD
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the heart
Young Adult
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