Psychological Risk Factors in Cardiac Rehabilitation: ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND ANGER/HOSTILITY

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven (Dr Gaffey); Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Drs Goldstein and Lee); Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Goldstein); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (Dr Hays); Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Lee); and Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington (Dr Gaalema).

Allison E Gaffey et al. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2023.

. 2023 Nov 1;43(6):E20-E21.

doi: 10.1097/HCR.0000000000000828. Epub 2023 Sep 20.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine), Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven (Dr Gaffey); Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (Drs Goldstein and Lee); Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Goldstein); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (Dr Hays); Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island (Dr Lee); and Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington (Dr Gaalema).

Abstract

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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