title: Does Illness Perception Predict Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Patients with Myocardial Infarction?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Myocardial infarction (MI) as a life-threatening event, carrying high risk of recurrence and chronic disabling complications, increases the risk of developing acute stress disorder (ASD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or both. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between illness perceptions and having ASD, PTSD, or both in patients after MI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-six patients diagnosed with acute MI were enrolled into our prospective study. We evaluated patients during the first week and six months after MI. Patients were assessed by using the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), the Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire (BIPQ), and a semi-structured interview for socio-demographic characteristics during both the first and second evaluations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Acute stress disorder (ASD) developed in 9.2% of patients and PTSD developed in 11.9% of patients with MI. Illness perception factors of 'consequences, identity and concern' predicted the occurrence of both ASD and PTSD, whereas 'emotion' predicted only PTSD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The factors of illness perceptions predicted the induction of ASD and PTSD in patients who had acute MI.
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oflaz
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şahika
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Şen
authors.affiliation: İstinye State Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Özdemiroğlu
authors.affiliation: Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oflaz
authors.affiliation: İstanbul University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaşikcioğlu
keywords: Acute stress disorder; illness perception; myocardial infarction; posttraumatic stress disorder