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Fear and distress disorders as predictors of heart disease: a temporal perspective

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Roest, A.M., de Jonge, P., Lim, C.W.W., Stein, D.J., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R. +14 more·2017·Journal of Psychosomatic Research

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Objective Few studies have been able to contrast associations of anxiety and depression with heart disease. These disorders can be grouped in fear and distress disorders. Aim of this study was to study the association between fear and distress disorders with subsequent heart disease, taking into account the temporal order of disorders.Methods Twenty household surveys were conducted in 18 countries (n=53791; person years=2,212,430). The Composite International Diagnostic Interview assessed lifetime prevalence and age at onset of disorders, and respondents were categorized into categories based on the presence and timing of fear and distress disorders. Heart disease was indicated by self-report of physician-diagnosed heart disease or self-report of heart attack, together with year of onset. Survival analyses estimated associations between disorder categories and heart disease.Results Most respondents with fear or distress disorders had either pure distress or pure fear (8.5% and 7.7% of total sample), while fear preceded distress in the large majority of respondents with comorbid fear and distress (3.8% of total sample). Compared to the "no fear or distress disorder" category, respondents with pure fear disorder had the highest odds of subsequent heart disease (OR:1.8; 95%CI:1.5-2.2; p<0.001) and compared to respondents with pure distress disorder, these respondents were at a significantly increased risk of heart disease (OR:1.3; 95%CI:1.0-1.6; p=0.020).Conclusion This novel analytic approach indicates that the risk of subsequent self-reported heart disease associated with pure fear disorder is significantly larger than the risk associated with distress disorder. These results should be confirmed in prospective studies using objective measures of heart disease.

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Roest, A. M., de Jonge, P., Lim, C. W. W., Stein, D. J., Al-Hamzawi, A., Alonso, J., Benjet, C., Bruffaerts, R., Bunting, B., Caldas-de-Almeida, J. M., Ciutan, M., de Girolamo, G., Hu, C., Levinson, D., Nakamura, Y., Navarro-Mateu, F., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Torres, Y., Wojtyniak, B., Kessler, R. C., & Scott, K. M.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • University of Cape Town (ZA)
  • University of Al-Qadisiyah (IQ)
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
  • Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz (MX)
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • University of Ulster (GB)
  • National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development (RO)
  • Shenzhen KangNing Hospital (CN)
  • Israel Ministry of Health (IL)
  • Jichi Medical University (JP)
  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (PE)
  • Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca (CO)
  • Universidad CES (CO)
  • Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego PZH – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy (PL)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • University of Otago (NZ)
Corresponding author
Roest, A.M.
Venue
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-05
Volume
96
Pages
67-75
ISSN
0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2601511582
Cited by
22
References
57
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4
FWCI
2.33
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Repositori digital de la UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) (acceptedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (044708)
  • John W. Alden Trust
  • Eli Lilly and Company
  • Stichting de Drie Lichten
  • Universidade de Lisboa
  • Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias de la Región de Murcia
  • Servicio Murciano de Salud
  • Fakultet Medicinskih Nauka, Univerziteta U Kragujevcu
  • Fundação Champalimaud
  • National Institutes of Health (5r13mh066849-04, 5r01mh069864-04, 5r01mh070884-05)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
  • Medical Research Council
  • Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
  • Consejería de Sanidad y Política Social, Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R13-MH-066849, R01‐MH070884, U01-MH-60220, MH60220, U01MH060220, R01‐MH069864)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (K05DA015799, R01DA016558)
  • Fogarty International Center (R03TW006481)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
fear disorders, heart disease, anxiety, depression, temporal order, comorbidities, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular risk, psychosomatic medicine
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorder, Fear, Heart Diseases, Humans, Risk, Time Factors, Prevalence, Self Report

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