@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal ideation, self-esteem, and hopelessness in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension",
journal="Primary care companion to CNS disorders",
year="2021",
author="Korkmaz, Sevda and Akbulut, Mehmet and Kazgan, Aslı and Hekim, Alaattin and Yıldız, Sevler and Özsoy, Filiz and Baykara, Sema and Atmaca, Murad and Gül, Evrim and Korkmaz, Hasan",
volume="23",
number="6",
pages="21m02941-21m02941",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of suicidal ideation and its correlation with other clinical variables in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. <br><br>METHODS: Fifty patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension who presented to the cardiology department between 2018 and 2019 and 50 healthy controls were included in the study. A sociodemographic and clinical data form was completed by both the patients and controls, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE), and Suicide Probability Scale (SPS) were administered. SPSS version 22 software was used in the statistical analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean ± SD systolic pulmonary pressure of the patients was 47.48 ± 18.86 and the pulmonary artery pressure was 33.32 ± 19.69. BHS, BDI, and SPS total scores were statistically significantly higher in the patient group compared to the control group (P < .001, P = .001, P = .026, respectively). RSE scores were also higher in the patient group compared to the control group (P = .017). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: It is important to identify pulmonary arterial hypertension patients with intense feelings of hopelessness and depressive symptoms and to provide psychiatric treatment and psychotherapeutic interventions to improve their self-esteem.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2155-7772",
doi="10.4088/PCC.21m02941",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4088/PCC.21m02941"
}