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. 2024 Nov;49(11):102793.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102793. Epub 2024 Aug 8.

Prevalence and risk of hospitalization for depression in patients with heart failure

Nawaf Mushabab Al-Hassan  1 , Saad Ahmed Aldohaim  1 , Mohammed Ali Benhjji  1 , Osama Khalid Al-Harbi  1 , Nawaf Abdullah Alsaadi  1 , Osama Almogbel  2 , Emad Elnour  2 , Ahmad Hersi  3
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Prevalence and risk of hospitalization for depression in patients with heart failure

Nawaf Mushabab Al-Hassan et al. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2024 Nov.

Abstract

Background: Patients with heart failure could have a high prevalence of depression which may increase the risk of hospitalization. So this study is to estimate the prevalence of depression among patients attending heart failure clinics, and determine whether depression increases the risk of hospitalization in patients with heart failure.

Methods: In this analytical cross-sectional study, we interviewed patients with heart failure and identified those with depression; the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 was used to estimate the prevalence of depression and assess clinical outcomes, including the risk of hospitalization.

Results: A total of 200 patients with a mean age of 64,44±13,865 years were analyzed. The prevalence of depression among them was 36.5%. and it affected by factors like employment, education, and medical status, as Patients on diuretics were found to be greater at 41.1% than non-users at 19% (p=0,008). The majority of the patients with both heart failure and depression were hospitalized twice or more during the last year 54.8% (p=0,001).

Conclusion: The prevalence of depression among patients with heart failure is high, which increases the risk of hospitalization.

Keywords: Depression; Heart failure; Hospitalization; Prevalence.

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Declaration of competing interest There is no conflict of interest associated with this publication and no significant financial support for this research that could have influenced its result. As Corresponding Author, I confirm that the manuscript has been reviewed and approved for submission by all the named authors.

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