Routine Screening for Depression and Quality of Life in Outpatients With Congestive Heart Failure

The influence of depression and perceived quality of life (QoL) on symptom perception and prognosis in congestive heart failure is well known. The authors therefore introduced routine questionnaire screening for these parameters in patients attending their outpatient heart failure clinic (N = 320)....

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Published in:Psychosomatics (Washington, D.C.) D.C.), 2007-03, Vol.48 (2), p.112-116
Main Authors: Holzapfel, Nicole, M.A, Zugck, Christian, M.D, Müller-Tasch, Thomas, M.D, Löwe, Bernd, M.D., Ph.D, Wild, Beate, M.A, Schellberg, Dieter, M.A, Nelles, Manfred, M.D, Remppis, Andrew, M.D, Katus, Hugo, M.D, Herzog, Wolfgang, M.D, Jünger, Jana, M.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Comorbidity
Depression
Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
Female
Heart
Heart Failure - epidemiology
Heart failure, cardiogenic pulmonary edema, cardiac enlargement
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Mass Screening
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mood disorders
Outpatients
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Quality of Life
Somatoform disorders. Psychosomatics
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Summary:The influence of depression and perceived quality of life (QoL) on symptom perception and prognosis in congestive heart failure is well known. The authors therefore introduced routine questionnaire screening for these parameters in patients attending their outpatient heart failure clinic (N = 320). The authors found QoL to be significantly reduced, and almost every third patient screened positive for a depressive disorder. These patients got a clearly-defined treatment offer. The present study demonstrates that screening for depression and QoL is feasible without being too complex or time-consuming and easily implementable in an interdisciplinary outpatient setting.
ISSN:0033-3182
1545-7206
DOI:10.1176/appi.psy.48.2.112