Negative and positive affect are independently associated with patient-reported health status following percutaneous coronary intervention.
OBJECTIVE
We examined the association between negative and positive affect and 12-month health status in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents.


METHODS
Consecutive PCI patients (n = 562) completed the Global Mood Scale at baseline to assess affect and the EuroQoL-5D (EQ-5D) at baseline and 12-month follow-up to assess health status.


RESULTS
Negative affect [F(1, 522) = 17.14, P < .001] and positive affect [F(1, 522) = 5.11, P = .02] at baseline were independent associates of overall health status at 12-month follow-up, adjusting for demographic and clinical factors. Moreover, there was a significant interaction for negative by positive affect [F(1, 522) = 6.11, P = .01]. In domain-specific analyses, high negative affect was associated with problems in mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression with the risk being two to fivefold. Low positive affect was only associated with problems in self-care (OR: 8.14; 95% CI: 1.85-35.9; P = .006) and usual activities (OR: 1.87; 95% CI: 1.17-3.00; P = .009).


CONCLUSIONS
Baseline negative and positive affect contribute independently to patient-reported health status 12 months post PCI. Positive affect moderated the detrimental effects of negative affect on overall health status. Enhancing positive affect might be an important target to improve patient-centered outcomes in coronary artery disease.
Versteeg
Henneke
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CoRPS-Center of Research on Psychology in Somatic diseases, Department of Medical Psychology, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Pedersen
Susanne S
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Erdman
Ruud A M
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van Nierop
Josephine W I
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de Jaegere
Peter
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van Domburg
Ron T
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D000339:Affect; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001007:Anxiety; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003863:Depression; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011594:Psychometrics; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires