Citation

Onose T, Nochioka K, Sakata Y, Miura M, Tadaki S, Ushigome R, Yamauchi T, Sato K, Tsuji K, Abe R, Miyata S, Takahashi J, Shimokawa H. Circ. J. 2015; 79(3): 664-667.

Affiliation

Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Japanese Circulation Society)

DOI

10.1253/circj.CJ-14-1403

PMID

25746552

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We examined the prevalence, predictors and prognostic impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after the Great East Japan Earthquake in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the CHART-2 study.

METHODS and Results:The prevalence of PTSD was 14.7% at 6 months after the Earthquake. Female sex, experiencing the Tsunami, property loss, poverty, and insomnia medication use were associated with PTSD. The patients with PTSD more frequently experienced a composite of death, acute myocardial infarction, stroke and heart failure (18.5% vs. 15.0%, P=0.035).

CONCLUSIONS: PTSD was frequent in CVD patients after the Earthquake and had an adverse prognostic impact. (Circ J 2015; 79: 664-667).

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