title: Contribution of depression and anxiety to impaired quality of life in survivors of myocardial infarction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify the adverse influence of depression and anxiety assessed at the time of myocardial infarction, on the quality of life 5 years after the infarction.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were completed in a group of 196 patients admitted in the hospital following non-fatal myocardial infarction, and the SF-12 quality of life questionnaire was administered during the 5- year follow-up.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Regression analysis showed a strong association between baseline depression and QoL in both the physical and mental domains; the higher the depression scores, the poorer the QoL. However, anxiety present at the time of myocardial infarction did not predict later QoL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depression but not anxiety following MI predicts longer-term quality of life in myocardial infarction survivors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences , Sari , Iran.
authors.forename: Seyed Hamzeh
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghaemian
authors.forename: Elaheh
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mehdizadeh
authors.forename: Haleh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ashraf
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Depression; anxiety; myocardial infarction; quality of life