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The Association Of Persistent Symptoms Of Depression And Anxiety With Recurrent Acute Coronary Syndrome Events: A Prospective Observational Study, Abdullah S. Alhurani, Ayman M. Hamdan-Mansour, Muayyad M. Ahmad, Gabrielle Mckee, Sharon O’Donnell, Frances O’Brien, Mary Mooney, Zyad T. Saleh, Debra K. Moser
The Association Of Persistent Symptoms Of Depression And Anxiety With Recurrent Acute Coronary Syndrome Events: A Prospective Observational Study, Abdullah S. Alhurani, Ayman M. Hamdan-Mansour, Muayyad M. Ahmad, Gabrielle Mckee, Sharon O’Donnell, Frances O’Brien, Mary Mooney, Zyad T. Saleh, Debra K. Moser
Nursing Faculty Publications
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of persistent symptoms of depression and anxiety in a second acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event. Data presented in this study were from an RCT study. A follow-up for 24 months after baseline to detect a second ACS event among 1162 patients from five hospitals. Hierarchal Cox regression analyses were used. The results showed that persistent depression only (HR 2.27; 95% CI: 1.35–3.81; p = 0.002), and comorbid persistent depression and anxiety (HR 2.03; 95% CI: 1.03–3.98; p = 0.040) were the significant predictors of a second ACS event. Secondary education …
Examining Symptom Trajectories That Predict Worse Outcomes In Post-Cabg Patients, Ming-Fen Tsai, Shiow-Luan Tsay, Debra K. Moser, Tsuey-Yuan Huang, Feng-Chun Tsai
Examining Symptom Trajectories That Predict Worse Outcomes In Post-Cabg Patients, Ming-Fen Tsai, Shiow-Luan Tsay, Debra K. Moser, Tsuey-Yuan Huang, Feng-Chun Tsai
Nursing Faculty Publications
Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting is one of the most common interventional revascularisation procedures used to treat coronary artery disease worldwide. With a wide variability in postoperative cardiac symptoms, identification of symptom trajectories during the 3-month postoperative recovery period may improve clinicians’ abilities to support symptom recovery.
Aims: To identify distinct trajectories of cardiac symptoms seen over time in a cohort of patients during the 3-month post-coronary artery bypass grafting period, and determine clinical characteristics associated with different symptom trajectories postoperatively.
Methods: A prospective trial used the cardiac symptom survey to determine patient symptoms at baseline prior to surgery, and …
Risks For Depression Among Ostomates In South Korea, Seungmi Park, Insun Jang, Phoebe (Yeon) S. Kim
Risks For Depression Among Ostomates In South Korea, Seungmi Park, Insun Jang, Phoebe (Yeon) S. Kim
Nursing Faculty Publications
AIM:
This study explored the factors that are associated with the depressive status among older adult ostomates in South Korea.
METHODS:
The study was a secondary analysis of data from a cross-sectional study with 217 ostomates who were aged ≥55 years from September 2, 2013 to October 30, 2013. The general characteristics, daily routines, and depressive status were assessed in order to identify the factors that were contributing to a depressed mood among the older adult ostomates in South Korea. The general characteristics included their sex, age group, educational level, financial status, employment, outing hours, perceived social isolation, leisure activity, …
Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology Of The Mexican Drug War Among Binational Students At The Border, Kathleen A. O'Connor
Narco-Trauma: The Phenomenology Of The Mexican Drug War Among Binational Students At The Border, Kathleen A. O'Connor
Nursing Faculty Publications
In this article, I present research conducted among 242 university students living in the binational metropolitan area encompassing El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, that has been affected by drug violence. The particular focus is on narratives of social suffering and lived experience in the context of drug violence.