Healthcare Service Use for Mood and Anxiety Disorders Following Acute Myocardial Infarction

A Cohort Study of the Role of Neighbourhood Socioenvironmental Characteristics in a Largely Rural Population

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15499344
AutoresIsmael Foroughi (0000-0003-2150-8981, University of New Brunswick), Neeru Gupta (0000-0001-9580-1588, University of New Brunswick, autor de correspondencia), Dan L Crouse (0000-0002-8824-3108, Health Effects Institute)
Año2020
Volumen17
Número14
Páginas4939-4939
Fecha de publicación2020-07-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17144939
PMID32659904
OpenAlexW3041520731
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas27

Depression and other mood and anxiety disorders are recognized as common complications following cardiac events. Some studies report poorer cardiac outcomes among patients in socioeconomically marginalized neighbourhoods. This study aimed to describe associations between socioeconomic and built environment characteristics of neighbourhood environments and mental health service contacts following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI or heart attack) among adults in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. This province is characterized largely by residents in small towns and rural areas. A cohort of all adults aged 45 and over surviving AMI and without a recent record of mental disorders was identified by linking provincial medical-administrative datasets. Residential histories were tracked over time to assign neighbourhood measures of marginalization, local climate zones, and physical activity friendliness (i.e., walkability). Cox models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the risk of healthcare use for mood and anxiety disorders over the period 2003/04-2015/16 by neighbourhood characteristics. The baseline cohort included 13,330 post-AMI patients, among whom 32.5% were found to have used healthcare services for a diagnosed mood or anxiety disorder at least once during the period of observation. Among men, an increased risk of mental health service use was found among those living in areas characterized by high ethnic concentration (HR: 1.14 (95%CI: 1.03-1.25)). Among women, the risk was significantly higher among those in materially deprived neighbourhoods (HR: 1.16 (95%CI: 1.01-1.33)). We found no convincing evidence of associations between this outcome and the other neighbourhood characteristics considered here. These results suggest that selected features of neighbourhood environments may increase the burden on the healthcare system for mental health comorbidities among adults with cardiovascular disease. Further research is needed to understand the differing needs of socioeconomically marginalized populations to improve mental health outcomes following an acute cardiac event, specifically in the context of smaller and rural communities and of universal healthcare coverage

Anxiety · Cohort · Cohort study · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Hazard ratio · Mental health · Mood · Myocardial infarction · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Population · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Gerontology · Internal Medicine