Gender differences in psychosocial outcomes of psychotherapy trial in patients with depression and coronary artery disease

The biological and psychosocial risk profile differs between women and men with coronary artery disease (CAD). Depressive symptoms and Vital Exhaustion (VE) predict an unfavourable course of CAD. The secondary analysis of the SPIRR-CAD trial offered the possibility to examine gender as exposure variable of the clinical and psychological situation at baseline and in a variety of psychosocial measures as outcomes.

Source: Journal of Psychosomatic Research - August 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hans-Christian Deter, Cora Weber, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Christian Albus, Jana Juenger, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Wolfgang Soellner, Martina de Zwaan, Martin Hellmich, Anna-Sophia Gr ün, Joram Ronel, Kristina Orth-Gomér, for the SPIRR-CAD- Study Group Source Type: research