title: A literature review of depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular disease in women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review current literature regarding depression and anxiety in women with cardiovascular disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Publications retrieved from database searches using multiple medical subject headings including depression, anxiety, behavioral symptoms, affective symptoms, cardiovascular disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Large clinical trials, cohort studies, studies reporting gender-specific outcomes were included in the review.
  
  
  METHODS
  Independent extraction by multiple observers was conducted to determine study design, strength of study instruments, adequacy of sample size, and strength of causal inference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Tabular and narrative summaries of study findings are reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In women with cardiovascular disease, depression and anxiety are inversely related to quality of life and associated with increased angina, sleep disturbance, and family stress.
authors.affiliation: Acute Care Section, University of California, Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. ldoering@sonnet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Lynn V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Doering
authors.forename: Jo-Ann
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Eastwood
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health