Enduring somatic threat perceptions and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in survivors of cardiac events

Bibliographic Data

ID4227481
AuthorsLaura Meli (Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Carmela Alcántara (0000-0002-6460-3842, Columbia University School of Social Work, USA), Jennifer A Sumner (0000-0002-0217-7171, Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Brendan Swan (Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Bernard P Chang (0000-0001-8800-7140, Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Donald Edmondson (0000-0002-4518-8196, Columbia University Irving Medical Center)
Year2019
Volume24
Issue13
Pages1817-1827
Publication date2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105317705982
PMID28810445
OpenAlexW2607535951
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited44

Post-traumatic stress disorder due to acute cardiovascular events may be uniquely defined by enduring perceptions of somatic threat. We tested whether post-traumatic stress disorder at 1 month post-acute coronary syndrome indeed required both high peritraumatic threat during the acute coronary syndrome and ongoing cardiac threat perceptions. We assessed peritraumatic threat during emergency department enrollment of 284 patients with a provisional acute coronary syndrome diagnosis and cardiac threat perceptions and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms 1 month post-discharge. In a multiple regression model with adjustment for important covariates, emergency department threat perceptions were associated with higher 1 month post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms only among those with high levels of ongoing cardiac threat

Acute coronary syndrome · Acute Stress Disorder · Emergency department · Myocardial infarction · Perception · Posttraumatic stress · Psychiatry · Traumatic stress · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Clinical Psychology