Depression damages your heart
A study
shows heart disease patients' death rate doubles if they have
depression. Researchers say depression often deters patients from living
a healthy lifestyle, heart disease patients are twice as likely to
suffer an early death if they suffer depression, new figures reveal.
A leading psychologist told the findings highlight the crippling impact depression has on one's physical health, and support the idea that the mental illness has a biological impact on our organs.
To detect subsequent depression, the researchers used standardized diagnostic coding system.
The patients with depression were placed into subcategories based on how long after their heart disease diagnosis the depression was identified.
Until now, most studies have looked at depression at a single point in time, such as within 30 days of a heart event or at the time of heart disease diagnosis. Just a handful of studies has looked over the course of a year.
This study, however, has the unique distinction of tracking patients for an average of 10 years after their coronary artery disease diagnosis to see if they were ever diagnosed with depression.
It is widely believed that people who suffer from depression also have reduced levels of serotonin released in their brain.
In all, 15 percent, or 2,646 patients, were diagnosed with depression at some point during follow-up. Of those, most of them (37 percent) were diagnosed more than five years after their first heart event, but the two diagnoses were linked.
The second most likely scenario was being diagnosed within a year of the first heart event, which was the case for 27 percent of patients with depression. The rest were diagnosed between one and five years after their first event.
This study reinforces previous research investigating the link between depression, heart disease, and increased risks of death.
Depression was the strongest risk factor for dying, compared to any other risk factors we evaluated. That included age, heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney failure, or having a heart attack or stroke.
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A leading psychologist told the findings highlight the crippling impact depression has on one's physical health, and support the idea that the mental illness has a biological impact on our organs.
To detect subsequent depression, the researchers used standardized diagnostic coding system.
The patients with depression were placed into subcategories based on how long after their heart disease diagnosis the depression was identified.
Until now, most studies have looked at depression at a single point in time, such as within 30 days of a heart event or at the time of heart disease diagnosis. Just a handful of studies has looked over the course of a year.
This study, however, has the unique distinction of tracking patients for an average of 10 years after their coronary artery disease diagnosis to see if they were ever diagnosed with depression.
It is widely believed that people who suffer from depression also have reduced levels of serotonin released in their brain.
In all, 15 percent, or 2,646 patients, were diagnosed with depression at some point during follow-up. Of those, most of them (37 percent) were diagnosed more than five years after their first heart event, but the two diagnoses were linked.
The second most likely scenario was being diagnosed within a year of the first heart event, which was the case for 27 percent of patients with depression. The rest were diagnosed between one and five years after their first event.
This study reinforces previous research investigating the link between depression, heart disease, and increased risks of death.
Depression was the strongest risk factor for dying, compared to any other risk factors we evaluated. That included age, heart failure, diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney failure, or having a heart attack or stroke.
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