Relationships Among Heart Rate Variability, Perceived Social Support, and Hopelessness in Adults With Ischemic Heart Disease

BACKGROUND: Lower perceived social support is associated with hopelessness in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). Higher perceived social support is associated with higher heart rate variability (HRV) in adults following a stressful event, but the relationship between HRV and hopelessness has not been examined in patients with IHD. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the relationships among HRV, perceived social support, and hopelessness in patients with IHD.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Ninety-four participants were enrolled while hospitalized for an IHD event at a large hospital in the United States. Data collection occurred 2 weeks after hospital discharge and included the State-Trait Hopelessness Scale, ENRICHD Social Support Inventory, Patient Health Questionnaire-9, a demographic form, and a short-term HRV measurement taken at rest. Linear models were used to assess associations between variables in unadjusted and adjusted models. Most participants were men (67%), married (75%), and non-Hispanic White (96%) and underwent coronary artery bypass surgery (57%). There were inverse correlations between high frequency HRV and state hopelessness (r=-0.21, P=0.008) and root mean square of successive differences between normal heartbeats HRV and state hopelessness (r=-0.20, P=0.012) after adjusting for important covariates. High frequency and root mean square of successive differences between normal heartbeats did not show evidence of mediating the relationship between perceived social support and hopelessness.

CONCLUSIONS: There were significant inverse correlations between parasympathetic measures of HRV and hopelessness. Assessing high frequency and root mean square of successive differences between normal heartbeats during early recovery following an IHD event could provide promising evidence for understanding a possible precursor to hopelessness and targets for future interventions. Registration Information: clinicaltrials.gov. Identifiers: NCT03907891, NCT05003791.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Heart Association - 13(2024), 4 vom: 20. Feb., Seite e032759

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Goodyke, Madison P [VerfasserIn]
Bronas, Ulf G [VerfasserIn]
Baynard, Tracy [VerfasserIn]
Tintle, Nathan [VerfasserIn]
DeVon, Holli A [VerfasserIn]
Collins, Eileen [VerfasserIn]
Dunn, Susan L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Clinical Trial
Heart rate variability
Hopelessness
Ischemic heart disease
Journal Article
Perceived social support

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Date Completed 21.02.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05003791, NCT03907891

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.123.032759

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368389464