QUALITY OF LIFE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF ICD PATIENTS

The use of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for life threatening ventricular arrhythmias is standard therapy, in large part because clinical trials data have consistently demonstrated its superiority over medical treatment in preventing sudden cardiac death. 1 This success prompts cl...

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Published in:British heart journal 2002-05, Vol.87 (5), p.488-493
Main Authors: Sears, Samuel F, Conti, Jamie B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjustment
Age
Anxiety
Anxiety - etiology
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - psychology
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac patients
Cardiovascular disease
Clinical trials
Defibrillators, Implantable - psychology
Diseases of the cardiovascular system
Education in Heart
Employment
Evaluation
Health aspects
Heart attacks
Humans
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
Interpersonal Relations
Medical sciences
Memory
Mental depression
Mental health
Mortality
Post traumatic stress disorder
Practice Guidelines as Topic
psychological functioning
Quality of Life
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Risk Factors
Social Adjustment
Studies
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Summary:The use of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for life threatening ventricular arrhythmias is standard therapy, in large part because clinical trials data have consistently demonstrated its superiority over medical treatment in preventing sudden cardiac death. 1 This success prompts closer examination and refinement of quality of life (QOL) outcomes in ICD patients. Herrmann and associates 10 also compared QOL between a group of ICD and general coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and found no significant differences on measures of QOL. [...]ICD patients reported significantly lower levels of anxiety than the CAD reference group.
ISSN:1355-6037
0007-0769
1468-201X
DOI:10.1136/heart.87.5.488